Bruce MacEwen at Adam Smith, Esq. provides a unique perspective on the changes happening in the broader legal profession as a result of “low cost rivals” due to ~onshore and offshore legal outsourcing.
MacEwen ties together some interesting themes including low cost rivals, stages of innovation and The Nature of the Firm as they all relate to legal outsourcing. MacEwen also scores big points with me by citing my favorite economist, Ronald Coase.
As one of the named vendors in the post, Ron Friedmann of Integreon provides further commentary on MacEwen’s post, Both are worth a read. Friedmann says pushing work down the value chain as the true paterfamilias of the LPO industry.
MacEwen's Innovators at the Barricades post is available here.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Blog Post: Identifying and Mitigating Gaps
The conference website also features a blog post, LPO ~ Identifying and Mitigating Gaps: The General Counsel Perspective, which references Fronterion’s trending release on the LPO industry. The blog post provides interesting commentary on the potential “gaps” in supply and demand in the LPO industry.
Fronterion is cited for our quote regarding the importance of the adoption rate in the LPO sector this year.
Fronterion LLC’s Top Ten Trends for Legal Outsourcing in 2010 report predicts “2010 will be the proving year for legal outsourcing. Law firms and corporate legal teams will learn from their peers, resulting in make‐or‐break peer referrals, which will be strong indicators of the success and maturity of the outsourced legal services segment.Supporting – not supplanting – firm operations with an outside legal services vendor has emerged as a successful strategy and will gain momentum in 2010.”
More details on the post are available at the following.
Fronterion is cited for our quote regarding the importance of the adoption rate in the LPO sector this year.
Fronterion LLC’s Top Ten Trends for Legal Outsourcing in 2010 report predicts “2010 will be the proving year for legal outsourcing. Law firms and corporate legal teams will learn from their peers, resulting in make‐or‐break peer referrals, which will be strong indicators of the success and maturity of the outsourced legal services segment.Supporting – not supplanting – firm operations with an outside legal services vendor has emerged as a successful strategy and will gain momentum in 2010.”
More details on the post are available at the following.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Forthcoming Global LPO Conference
One of the first global-focused conferences on outsourced legal services has been announced by KPO Consultants.
It’s an honor for me to be invited to speak at this inaugural conference. Other prominent industry leaders scheduled to speak include:
• Sanjay Kamlani, Co-CEO, Pangea3
• Rahul Shah, AVP & Head – LPO Practice, Infosys
• Abhi Shah, CEO, Clutch Group
• Anand Sharma, CFO and Head – Management Services, CPA Global
• Patrick Burke, Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel, Guidance Software, Inc
• Richard Reade, UK General Counsel, ISS World
The conference will be held just outside of Delhi, India in Nodia on November 13th and 14th.
The Global Conference website states that the conference, “aims to bring together key executives with extensive interests in the legal outsourcing industry. The attending buyer segment includes Law Firm Partners, General Counsels and other senior In-house Counsels from leading US, UK and Canada based companies; while the vendor community is represented by senior most executives from leading LPO vendors from countries like India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Israel, Kenya, Mauritius, and South Africa.
Thus, it is our endeavor to bring the most significant executives from both the buyer and vendor communities together on a common platform to enable them to engage in meaningful and strategic dialogues to further their business interests.”
Further details are available at the conference website (www.globallpoconference.com) and will be updated on the LPO Source blog, as well.
It’s an honor for me to be invited to speak at this inaugural conference. Other prominent industry leaders scheduled to speak include:
• Sanjay Kamlani, Co-CEO, Pangea3
• Rahul Shah, AVP & Head – LPO Practice, Infosys
• Abhi Shah, CEO, Clutch Group
• Anand Sharma, CFO and Head – Management Services, CPA Global
• Patrick Burke, Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel, Guidance Software, Inc
• Richard Reade, UK General Counsel, ISS World
The conference will be held just outside of Delhi, India in Nodia on November 13th and 14th.
The Global Conference website states that the conference, “aims to bring together key executives with extensive interests in the legal outsourcing industry. The attending buyer segment includes Law Firm Partners, General Counsels and other senior In-house Counsels from leading US, UK and Canada based companies; while the vendor community is represented by senior most executives from leading LPO vendors from countries like India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Israel, Kenya, Mauritius, and South Africa.
Thus, it is our endeavor to bring the most significant executives from both the buyer and vendor communities together on a common platform to enable them to engage in meaningful and strategic dialogues to further their business interests.”
Further details are available at the conference website (www.globallpoconference.com) and will be updated on the LPO Source blog, as well.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Fronterion “Wall of Silence” Survey Round-up
Our survey findings released this past week have captured the attention of a number of online publications and blogs. The survey results seem to have number of people hypothesizing why US firms are so hesitant to acknowledge or deny their use of LPO vendors, even on a confidential basis. Based on our experiences, we would purport that uncertainty with ethical guidelines is one of the key drivers to this silence. Worries of negative press may be another.
Below is a short news round-up.
ABA Journal
Above the Law
About.com
Below is a short news round-up.
ABA Journal
Above the Law
About.com
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
India Writ Petition: Update
As earlier reported on the blog, a petition was filed in the Madras High Court by the Association of Indian Lawyers against an array of international law firms and one LPO vendor, Integreon. The bases for the petition being that the named firms were practicing law in Indian jurisdictions.
Because of what many consider a notoriously slow legal system, is comes with little surprise that the next hearing on the issue has been pushed back to August 4th, as reported by Bloomberg.
The wider implication for the LPO market is yet to be seen. Many industry participants don’t feel that the position taken by the Association of Indian Lawyers is merited nor will influence the use LPOs, but it may raise more concerns for potential clients.
As aptly stated by a partner at the US-based Fulbright & Jaworski, “That’s not what a globalizing country and corporate sector needs.”
Additional commentary was also released by Legally India.
Because of what many consider a notoriously slow legal system, is comes with little surprise that the next hearing on the issue has been pushed back to August 4th, as reported by Bloomberg.
The wider implication for the LPO market is yet to be seen. Many industry participants don’t feel that the position taken by the Association of Indian Lawyers is merited nor will influence the use LPOs, but it may raise more concerns for potential clients.
As aptly stated by a partner at the US-based Fulbright & Jaworski, “That’s not what a globalizing country and corporate sector needs.”
Additional commentary was also released by Legally India.
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