Ethics 20/20 Sharpens its Ideas on Technology, Globalization

Jan 1, 2011 6:30 AM CST

Legal Outsourcing Consultant Predicts More Onshoring

The term “legal outsourcing” often conjures up images of cut-rate offshore companies staffed by lawyers and support staffers laboring in anonymity on behalf of law firms. But outsourcing will likely be handled increasingly by companies in the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a list of top 10…

Dec 15, 2010 11:30 AM CST

Facing ‘Unrelenting’ Price Pressures, Law Firms Turn to Outsourcing, Innovation

Law firms faced with “unrelenting” pricing pressures from clients are beginning to outsource basic legal work, create new categories of lawyers, and take a “loss leader approach” to pricing. In an article for the Am Law Daily, Dan DiPietro and Gretta Rusanow of Citi Private Bank’s Law Firm Group base…

Dec 13, 2010 11:30 AM CST

Thomson Acquisition of Outsourcer Signals that Law Is Entering the ‘Age of Entrepreneurship’

Editor’s note: The New Normal is an ongoing discussion between Paul Lippe, the CEO of Legal OnRamp, and Patrick Lamb, founding member of Valorem Law Group. Paul and Pat spend a lot of time thinking, writing and speaking about the changes occurring in the delivery of legal services. We hope…

Dec 1, 2010 2:36 PM CST

Ethics 20/20 Commission Releases Draft Report on Outsourcing, Seeks Feedback

The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 today issued the latest in a series of discussion drafts on various topics relating to globalization and technology. But commission representatives also cautioned that it is too early to interpret any of the drafts as the final word on recommendations that eventually will go…

Nov 23, 2010 8:04 PM CST

Top 20 UK Law Firm to Outsource All Support Staff Work & Bring Local Integreon Office In-House

In what is being billed as a first-of-its-kind move by a top 20 London-based law firm, partners of CMS Cameron McKenna voted this week to eliminate its entire “back office” of some 200 support staff and put a legal process outsourcer in charge of performing this work. While the staff…

Nov 23, 2010 7:28 PM CST

Change Is Either an Event or Continual, Depending Upon Your Vantage Point

Editor’s note: The New Normal is an ongoing discussion between Paul Lippe, the CEO of Legal OnRamp, and Patrick Lamb, founding member of Valorem Law Group. Paul and Pat spend a lot of time thinking, writing and speaking about the changes occurring in the delivery of legal services. We hope…

Nov 22, 2010 2:52 PM CST

After Acquisition by Thomson Reuters, Pangea3 Legal Outsourcer Is Set to Open US Offices

The Indian legal outsourcing company Pangea3 is eying a U.S. expansion following its acquisition by Thomson Reuters, the company that owns West Publishing. CEO Sanjay Kamlani tells Legally India that the company sought to be acquired by Thomson Reuters partly because of its plan to open offices in the United…

Nov 19, 2010 2:55 PM CST

Outsourcing, Not Bar Review Prep, Evidently Part of Thomson Reuters’ Strategic Plan

Thomson Reuters, the owner of West Publishing and BarBri, has a new strategic plan, and it apparently does not include the bar prep business. Students taking the BarBri course got an e-mail yesterday evening informing them that BarBri’s parent company is exploring the possible sale of the business, Above the…

Nov 19, 2010 12:07 PM CST

Thomson Reuters Acquires Indian Legal Outsourcing Co. Pangea3

Legal information giant Thomson Reuters – owner of the storied brand West Publishing – is about to get into the business of providing legal services, according to the company. Thomson announced Thursday evening that it is acquiring Indian legal process outsourcing company Pangea3 in a deal the Business Standard of…

Nov 18, 2010 10:25 PM CST

Are Midsize Firms Losing Their Cost Advantage? If So, Difficult Choices Await

The historical cost advantage of midsize firms may be eroding, presenting some difficult choices, a legal consultant says. Midsize firms made up of 100 to 300 lawyers have relied for too long on their pricing advantage, according to Joe Altonji, a leader of the Hildebrandt Baker Robbins Strategy practice. Now…

Nov 2, 2010 10:30 AM CDT

K&L Gates Chairman Sees Outsourcing as ‘Gnat in an Elephant’s Ear’

Law firm consultants say legal process outsourcers are here to stay, but their predictions aren’t alarming the chairman of K&L Gates. “I wish LPOs nothing but the best, but they are a gnat in an elephant’s ear when it comes to K&L Gates,” law firm chairman Peter Kalis told the…

Oct 26, 2010 2:20 PM CDT

Report Predicts More Equity Partners Will Be Axed, Sees More Outsourced Work

Most law firms cut equity partners the first half of 2010, but the bloodletting may not be over. A new survey of 187 law firms by Citi Private Bank shows flat revenues in the first six months of the year and slightly lower demand, according to a summary in the…

Sep 8, 2010 1:21 PM CDT

Law, the Investment

Entrepreneurs attract major cash to draw legal services away from law firms

Sep 1, 2010 9:40 AM CDT

Will Outsourcing Improve Associate Retention? A Couple Experts See Benefits

Outsourcing by BigLaw could limit the number of jobs for new law grads, but those associates lucky enough to be hired could benefit, according to experts making the point in two separate articles today. Steven Harper, a recently retired partner at Kirkland & Ellis, notes the “ironic turn of events”…

Aug 23, 2010 1:55 PM CDT