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Nearly half of legal leaders devote up to 40% of their workload to enterprise-wide risk and compliance.

Publisher	Diligent Institute
Report	General Counsel Risk Index: Global risk benchmarking for legal leaders
Published	22 April 2026
Topics	Legal, Enterprise Risk, Compliance

Published by Diligent Institute in General Counsel Risk Index: Global risk benchmarking for legal leaders, 22 April 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.

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