Indians Making Inroads into U.S. Legal System
From: NDTV.com, July 17, 2008 Apart from the BPO and KPO sectors, which already have bases in western Rajasthan, it’s the turn of the Legal Process Outsourcing sector to head for the desert state.
Continue readingWant legal services for $25 a hour? Think India.
From: India New England, July 16, 2008 At law firms in the United States, the billing rate for basic legal services like document review starts around $200 an hour and can appreciate significantly if the
Continue readingSubprime Swells Coffers of Indian LPOs
From: rediff.com, July 9, 2008 The US sub-prime crisis may have affected the fortunes of Indian IT firms, which have clients with mortgage exposure, but the country’s legal process outsourcing outfits
Continue readingCan Outsourcing to India Work Without Enough Local Talent?
From: Legal Blog Watch, July 7, 2008 Back in April, I noted that the practice of outsourcing legal work to India continues, notwithstanding concerns about ethics, attorney-client privilege and quality
Continue readingIndia Legal Back-Office Work Picks Up on US Slowdown
From: Reuters India, July 2, 2008 Legal process outsourcing is rapidly growing and is expected to become a $4 billion industry globally by 2015 with India occupying a significant chunk of it, industry
Continue readingA primer on agency pricing and the bid process
We get lots of questions about contract rates and agency bid rates vis-à-vis the state of the D.C. market. Many D.C. Posse List members have seen a reduction in the average hourly rate which has been
Continue readingLegal Outsourcing to India is Growing, but Still Confronts Fundamental Issues
From: law.com, January 23, 2008 Outsourcing legal work to India is no longer a novelty. It’s a reality. At least that is the message of legal process outsourcing (LPO) companies participating
Continue readingAttorney at Blah
From: Washington City Paper, November 7, 2007 Jay Kuperstein had a good job. He worked in New York for the NBA, editing basketball videos. Then he got tired of sitting in front of a video monitor
Continue readingManhattan Work at Mumbai Prices
From: ABA Journal, October 2007 It is 10:30 in the morning in Mumbai—1 a.m. in New York City—and Aditi Tulpule settles between the partitions of her computer station, one of many such workspaces along
Continue readingA Post About Ethics Rules, Offshoring and Mark-Ups on Contract Attorney Fees
From Carolyn Elefant of Legal Blog Watch: “Do state ethics codes deter offshoring of legal services to India, therefore enabling U.S. firms to charge higher prices for services? And should firms
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