Outsourcing
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Biglaw, Outsourcing, Trendspotting
Is On-Shore Outsourcing the Biglaw Wave of the Future?
Hot on the heels of support staff layoffs and on-shore outsourcing efforts at O’Melveny & Myers, we have news of another law firm doing the exact same thing. Except this law firm has figured out a way to do it with half the tears and way less relocation angst. On-shore outsourcing might be better for […] -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Outsourcing, Staff Layoffs, Technology
Staff Layoff Watch: O'Melveny & Myers Replaces 75 Humans With Technology
The big news from yesterday morning was bad news for the staff at O'Melveny & Myers. News started leaking out Monday night that the firm would be laying off 75 support staffers. Approximately half the of the laid off O'Melveny staffers will be cut outright. The other half will have the opportunity to be relocated to scenic West Virginia.... - Sponsored
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Biglaw, Magic Circle, Outsourcing, United Kingdom / Great Britain
India Considers Becoming A Little Less Racist Protectionist
Protectionism is a song as old as time. We do it, and other countries do it to us. Every country is trying to figure our how to maximize the benefits of globalization without making their own people join a frenzied “dey tuk er jerbbbs” mob. And that’s fine. This economic competition is good for standards […]
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Outsourcing, Technology
Legal Technology Leadership Summit: Outsourcing And How It Maybe Won't Totally Ruin Your Life
While at the Legal Technology Leadership Summit, I attended the panel entitled “Legal Process Outsourcing and Insourcing.” As I mentioned on Twitter, when I go to conferences I enjoy attending the panels that are most likely to cause pain and suffering among junior attorneys. It’s kind of my thing. Usually, anything involving outsourcing is a […] -
Conferences / Symposia, In-House Counsel, Intellectual Property, Litigators, Outsourcing, Technology
Dispatch from Amelia Island: In-House Strategies for Litigation Response
The information age we live in can be a blessing and a curse. Few fields demonstrate this truth more persuasively than the realm of electronic discovery. During a panel here at the Legal Technology Leadership Summit on the theft and exfiltration of intellectual property, the panelists discussed the exponential growth in information densities, the increasing […] -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Musical Chairs, Outsourcing, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
Two Partners Leave Paul Hastings for Nixon Peabody(Plus Paul Hastings staff layoffs.)
During 2011, Paul Hastings has been picking up partners. Like any large firm, however, Paul Hastings loses partners, too. We've just learned of two partners who are ankling PH for Nixon Peabody. Let's find out who they are, get the backstory on their departures, and also obtain the 411 on some PH staff layoffs.... -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 06.06.11
* Kashmir Hill’s take on Weinergate. She shares my admiration for Rep. Anthony Weiner’s sculpted physique, as showcased in his shirtless pics. [Not-So Private Parts / Forbes] * Charles Colman poses a question for intellectual-property types to puzzle over: “at what point is a slogan so descriptive that it would simply be unreasonable to let […] -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Outsourcing, Student Loans
Outsourcing: The Rising Tide That Lifts All Boats?
Okay, I’m using the term “lifts” very loosely. We all know that outsourcing is taking work that used to be done by very expensive associates based in America and giving to inexpensive workers based in India. The law firm saves money, the client saves money, and the only people who are harmed are recent graduates […] - Sponsored
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Biglaw, General Counsel, Law Schools, Outsourcing, Technology
I, For One, DO NOT Welcome Our New Computer Overlords
I should have written about this days ago, but the pain was still too near to me. The humans have lost to the machines. We might as well start digging towards the Earth’s core, where it’s still warm, and start building our own Zion. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know the terrifying […] -
Biglaw, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Job Searches, Law Schools, Outsourcing, Student Loans
Law Graduates: Welcome to Your 'Barely Legal' Future
I know lots of guys fantasize about boinking “barely legal” teenage girls. Not me, I like women: fully formed, adult women. There’s just something unseemly about older men salivating over girls who could have been in high school a year ago. Call me crazy, but it’s just more interesting as an adult to be intimate […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Courtney Love, Outsourcing, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 01.14.11(And a note about ATL's LegalTech coverage.)
This week, The Rundown is going international. LegalTech is just around the corner, and there will be a solid contingent of lawyers from the United Kingdom in attendance. Speaking of LegalTech, I’m going to be covering the conference for Above the Law. If you are interested in communicating with someone from ATL about LegalTech coverage, […] -
Animal Law, Morning Docket, Outsourcing, Pets, Politics, Sonia Sotomayor, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Morning Docket: 12.28.10
* Demand for attorneys well-versed in animal law is on the rise as pet owners push for recognition of their pets as family members rather than ordinary property. Which reminds me of my dog Rascal. He ate his own crap, licked furniture, and once peed on a baby. And when he died, my parents looked […]
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Drinking, Facebook, Job Searches, Outsourcing, Quote of the Day
Facebook Status Update of the Day: Well, they can't send bartending jobs to India.
In case you’re having a hard time reading the update in the screenshot, we transcribe it below.
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Bar Exams, BARBRI, Outsourcing, Technology, Westlaw
Thomson Reuters Exploring Sale of BAR/BRI, Will Acquire Pangea3
Hang onto your hats, your legal world is about to get rocked. At least behind the scenes. Thomson Reuters, owner of West Publishing and BAR/BRI is selling BAR/BRI. The reports have been confirmed by people who are enrolled in BAR/BRI. They all received an email from the company tonight. Above the Law obtained a copy […] -
American Bar Association / ABA, Barack Obama, India, Outsourcing
ABA Asks Obama To Make India Play Fair
If you’ve been following along with the trend towards outsourcing over the past few years, you know what American lawyers are up against. Indian lawyers can do American legal work… while American attorneys are shut out of India’s (large and growing) legal market. As many of you know, President Obama recently fled traveled to India, […] -
Outsourcing
We Love It When Peter Kalis Tells Us How the World Works
Outsourcing; you might have heard of it. It’s the trend whereby law firms send high man hours/low brain effort work overseas to workers who can complete the tasks at a fraction of the cost. Clients love it, consultants are pushing it, and law firms are struggling to add this new efficiency opportunity into their overall […] -
India, Law Schools, Outsourcing, Quote of the Day, Student Loans
Quote of the Day: Well, the Economy Is In the Toilet....
“Knowledge Economy” An environment in which a person has run up $150,000 in student loans to pay for a law degree only to see jobs exported to India whose citizens are apparently very knowledgeable about the U.S. legal system. Example: “The best job in the knowledge economy is plumbing because nobody with an advanced degree […] -
Back to the Future, India, Law Schools, Outsourcing
Back to the Future: What the J.D. Class of 2011 Can Learn From Indian Law Students in 1930
This has all happened before, and this will all happen again. So say we all. At the beginning of the recession, just weeks after Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008, we brought you a New York Times article from 1990 that illustrated the similarities between the tough legal job markets created by Bush 41 and […] -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Outsourcing, Partner Issues, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Staff Layoffs
Consultant Says 17,500 Non-Partner Biglaw Jobs 'At Risk'
I like paying attention to what consultants say about the Biglaw market. It offers a fun little insight into what people think partners want to hear. The ABA Journal reports that consultants at Hildebrandt think partners want to hear that they can still fire people — lots of people: Writing for the blog of law […] -
Outsourcing
Protectionism Finds a Home in Ohio
Lawyers are terrified of outsourcing, and there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of movement in the legal industry towards keeping entry level legal jobs in America. But outsourcing didn’t start with low level legal work, and so maybe the reaction against it won’t start in the legal field either. Maybe the counter movement […]