Legal Outsourcing Tipping Point?
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…
Do Lawyers Face a New, Higher Duty of Care from the ABA Ethics of Outsourcing Opinion?
“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…
Law Firm Competition in a Cost Conscious Era
The legal press loves to pit US and UK firms against one another. This week, evidence of another dimension in that competition. Large UK law firms have embraced low cost,…
Top UK Law Firm Osborne Clarke Outsources Middle Office
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…
Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) Prospects in a Tough Economy
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. …
Taking the LPO Temperature: Warm, Getting Hot, But Doubts
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…
Highlights of Law Firm Leaders Survey 2008 by law.com
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…
The Appropriate Standard of Care for Lawyers
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…
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