Category: Outsourcing

I have written previously about Orrick’s centralized “Global Operations Center” (“GOC”) in Wheeling, WV. The Aug/Sep 2004 issue of Law Firm, Inc. has a good follow-up article (“Location, Location, Location”) about the GOC.  Orrick has cut annual operating expenses by $5.6 million by consolidating tech...

In Law Firms Offered Outsourced Support Staffs the New York Law Journal reports (6/7/04) that consulting firm Hildebrandt has inked a joint venture with the outsourcing group OfficeTiger.  I could not find a reference to this joint venture on either the Hildebrandt or OfficeTiger web...

The March 29, 2004 issue of the National Law Journal features a cover story titled ‘Offshore’ Legal Work Makes Gains. It presents a detailed and, in my opinion, balanced view of the trend and issues.   Unfortunately, I could not find the story online (I...

Last summer, the large UK law firm Lovells announced that it is farming out certain routine work to “provincially-based solicitors.” Now, Freshfields is following suit. Details and other outsourcing updates follow.  According to a Lovells press release dated July 2003, the firm has entered into...

News reports in general interest publications such as the New York Times are often a good barometer for industry trends. Now that the the Times has reported on sending legal work to India, it’s official – the legal profession has the “signal” that offshoring is...

I spotted on Robert Ambrogi’s LawSites a reference to another example of the trend toward outsourcing legal work to India. Intellevate provides a range of intellectual property support services, including specialized support in India.  Ambrogi’s blog posting alerted me to Law firm cuts rates by...

An article in LegalIT (a UK publication) provides some good analysis and practical tips for law firms considering outsourcing non-lawyer functions to offshore locations. The article also helped me see a connection between offshoring and adopting new technology.  Outsourcing: Quantifying offshore risks, posted on February...

The Chicago Tribune reports today in Law firms slow to outsource (registration required) that law firms have been slow to outsource work. The article describes how Mindcrest, Inc., a legal outsourcing company, does most of its work for corporations, not for firms.  According the article,...