Category: Outsourcing

Legal outsourcing has made mainstream and legal media news for years. After blogging on legal process outsourcing (LPO) articles regularly I stopped because there were so many. Two articles in the Times Online today, however, caught my eye. A major multi-national has gone public about...

“Be careful of what you ask for you, you might get it.” In response to lawyer concern about the ethics of outsourcing; the ABA issued in August 2008 an ethics opinion. Does it implicitly set a new, higher standard for lawyers who delegate work, irrespective...

Top UK law firm Osborne Clarke has outsourced a significant portion of its support services (“Middle Office”) to Integreon.  The Osborne Clarke press release explains “Osborne Clarke (OC) today announced a unique and innovative response to client demands for greater efficiency from the legal industry...

Earlier this month I wrote a post Taking the LPO Temperature: Warm, Getting Hot, But Doubts. A new article in Corporate Counsel about legal process outsourcing deserves its own discussion.  Will Tough Economy Push Companies to Outsource Legal Work? (Corporate Counsel, 22 Dec 2008) by...

What’s the current state of legal outsourcing? Depends on what factors you give the most weight to. Four items came together this week to provide excellent perspective on legal process outsourcing (LPO).   US Legal Outsourcing $2 billion by 2013. Over at Integreon.com (my employer),...

American Lawyer magazine published in its December issue a survey of law firm leaders. Some interesting results on legal process outsourcing (LPO) and client interviews.  For AmLaw’s take on their own survey, read Annual Survey Shows Law Firm Leaders Wary but Confident. I found two...

The punchline of a new electronic discovery (EDD) brouhaha confirms an argument I’ve long advanced with which lawyers and judges seem to struggle. Quality legal work can only be measured relative to an alternative approach.  Many a post here has criticized lawyers and judges for...