Category: Outsourcing

I spotted on bespacific a reference to a very interesting article in the Star Tribune (Jan. 16, 2004) reporting that West is running a small test of using lawyers in India for some of its publishing operations.  According to the Star Tribune, “a few months...

Brad Hildebrandt, one of the best known and most established consultants in the legal market (and founder and head of Hildebrandt International) has issued a very interesting special report on the potential to outsource legal work to India.  Mr. Hildebrandt reports that his firm will...

Legal Research And Back-Office Work To Go Offshore Next in Information Week (12/9/03) reports that “[l]egal research and other back-office work carried out at law firms may be among the next set of white-collar jobs to move offshore in big numbers.”  The article quotes a...

Two recent articles about sending work offshore caught my eye.   In New Economy, Companies sending work abroad are learning cultural sensitivity – to their American customers, the New York Times (December 9, 2003) reports that some company’s that have outsourced work to offshore locations...

Several of my prior posts discuss the potential to outsource legal work overseas. I was therefore interested to read Legal-Work Outsourcing Cuts Costs; DuPont’s pitch to in-house counsel: Save millions by sending legal work to companies other than law firms from the New Jersey Law...

I have written several posts about the potential of outsourcing legal work overseas (Law Firms Outsourcing IT and Document Production, 27 Sep 03; Power Outages and Outsourcing , 15 Aug 03; Technology Outsourcing Example – Document Management , 18 Jun 03; More on Off-Shore Outsourcing,...

In my posting of of 3 Sep 03 Allen & Overy Testing Outsourcing, I conveyed reports that Allen & Overy was pilot testing outsourcing document production to workers in India. In UK firm set for outsourcing deal in India, Legal Week reports that A&O has...

I have written several posts about the potential of outsourcing legal work overseas: Power Outages and Outsourcing , 15 Aug 03; Technology Outsourcing Example – Document Management , 18 Jun 03; More on Off-Shore Outsourcing, 14 Jun 03; Central Back Offices and Outsourcing; 30 May...