Survey Says Post-Recession Shifts Are Here to Stay

In the years since the 2008 financial downturn forced law firms to trim lawyers and discount services, one question has loomed large: will the changes be permanent?

Unfortunately, yes, according to a new poll of law firm leaders out Wednesday from the consulting firm Altman Weil Inc. Read More..

GCG’S Legal Notice Expert, Jeanne Finegan, APR, to Speak at CLE International’s Class Actions Conference

Jeanne C. Finegan, APR, senior vice president, communications and legal notice expert at The Garden City Group, Inc. (GCG), will be speaking at the upcoming CLE International’s 8th Annual Class Actions Conference. Finegan’s panel will explore How Social Media and Networking has Changed Class Actions Nationwide.
The conference, being held Thursday and Friday in Los Angeles, Calif., draws a variety of distinguished speakers from across the country, including attorneys, judges and administrators, to share ideas and provide valuable information. Read More..

codeMantra, LLC Announces Exact Legal Review has Chosen cP-DocRev as their Stand

codeMantra, LLC (www.codemantra.net)  a provider of comprehensive litigation support, document management, technology and software solutions, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, PA.

“We are excited to add Exact Legal Review to our growing list of partners,”  “Jonathan and this team have deep understanding of document review and the processes involved, couple this with their successful legal careers will allow us to continue to develop our platform” says Robert Grande, Director of Business Development of codeMantra, LLC. Exact Legal Review will be utilizing cP-DocRev as their standard hosted review platform, offering their clients a transparent cost to hosted review.” Read More..

Sri Lanka Ranked 21 in A T Kearney Global Outsourcing Report

Sri Lanka’s fledgling outsourcing business, has scored well in a recent A T Kearney study, which gave high marks for the island’s skilled talent pool and a strong business environment at competitive costs.

Sri Lanka is, in many ways, a hidden gem for outsourcing,” said A T Kearney, a leading global management consultant, which ranked the island 21st among its global services location index. Read More..

AG Defends Outsourcing Legal Services

Outsourcing legal services to private law firms is done with as much transparency as possible, Attorney General Athalia Molokomme has said.

Accounting to the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday, Molokomme said the Attorney General's Chambers outsources legal services to law firms on the basis of its knowledge of the firm's capabilities. Read More..

Clutch Group Appoints Brian Flack as General Counsel And Vice President of Client Services

Mr. Flack will be responsible for managing all aspects of Clutch Group's legal, risk, compliance and governance functions. He will also implement and grow the company's global managed review strategy and service delivery.

Clutch Group announced today that Brian Flack has assumed the role of General Counsel and Vice President of Client Services in the company's Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Flack will be responsible for managing all aspects of Clutch Group's legal, risk, compliance and governance functions. He will also implement and grow the company's global managed review strategy and service delivery. Read more...

Pitch Battle

International Law Firms are Having to Fight Tooth and Nail for the Right to Practise in India

India has been high on foreign firms’ lists of target countries for decades, but has also been a source of frustration. While the global legal market has been steadily opening up to international players - South Korea is the ­latest to allow foreigners in - India has remained stubbornly closed. And if some of the country’s lawyers got their way, it would ­become even harder for international firms to do business there. Read More..

Fresh Law Grads Find Yet Another Avenue in Legal Process Outsourcers

Law firms are no more the preferred destination for fresh law graduates looking for jobs. With outsourcing catching up even in this industry, legal process outsourcing (LPO) companies are now bagging a large number of graduates.

Explaining this trend, Associate Professor at the Amity Law School, Dr Isheeta Rutabhasini, said the change is likely due to the pay packages offered by LPOs. Read More..

Ethics 20/20 Commission Proposes Revisions to Rules on Outsourcing, Mobility, Confidentiality

When the ABA's policy-making House of Delegates convenes on Aug. 8 during the association's 2012 Annual Meeting in Chicago, its agenda will include a series of resolutions from the Commission on Ethics 20/20—resolutions covering lawyer mobility, legal process outsourcing and maintaining client confidences.

Appointed in 2009 by then-ABA President Carolyn B. Lamm, a partner at White & Case in Washington, D.C., the commission's mission was to study the impact of technology and globalization on the practice of law and the structure for regulating U.S. lawyers. Read More..

Dewey, MoFo, Pillsbury, Cleary, Davis Wright: Business of Law

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, which has lost more than a third of its partners in recent weeks, saw its merger and acquisition chief and a team of London litigators depart as the price of its bonds slumped in private trades.

M&A chief Morton Pierce left yesterday with seven other partners to join White & Case LLP in New York, he said in a telephone interview. London managing partner Peter Sharp, Nick Greenwood and David Waldron are joining Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in London, Morgan Lewis said in a statement. Read More..

CSC Licenses Legal Solutions Suite to SafeAuto

CSC -2.68%  today announced SafeAuto Insurance Company, a direct-to-consumer property and casualty insurance carrier based in Columbus, Ohio, has licensed CSC's comprehensive legal matter management software, Legal Solutions Suite. SafeAuto, a new CSC client, sells, markets and underwrites state-required minimum-limit personal automobile insurance coverage in 16 states, as well as higher-limit options in multiple states, and has chosen Legal Solutions Suite to manage legal expenses and improve communication with outside counsel as the company expands operations into new geographic regions. Read More..

Orion Law Firm Survey Shows 66% of Respondents Have Seen Recent Increase in Collections and 56% Predict Increased Collections in 2012

Orion Law Management Systems, Inc. ( www.orionlaw.com ) today announces the findings of its Accounts Receivable (AR) Collection Survey, which benchmarked trends in law firm financial collections activity. A visible trend emerged showing that collections are either increasing or staying at an already increased level at law firms of 50 attorneys or less*, and that clients are taking longer to pay. Read More..