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LPO start-ups target PI as Berwin Leighton Paisner expands Managed Legal Service
Thursday, 23 September 2010Legal process outsourcing has taken a further step forward in England and Wales with a trio of announcements – two of which are aimed at the personal injury (PI) market. Both PI initiatives are particularly aimed at helping insurers and brokers handle “low value, low treatment” claims before they progress into a legal process.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, LPO, personal injury
Posted in Market monitor, Outsourcing
The mainstream revolutionary
Tuesday, 21 September 2010In the first of a two-part interview to mark publication of the updated edition of his book, The End of Lawyers?, Professor Richard Susskind tells Legal Futures Editor Neil Rose how the recession and the growth of legal process outsourcing are changing lawyers’ attitudes to change.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, Richard Susskind
Posted in News, Technology
Susskind: fail to embrace “legal process management” and lose out to new players
Monday, 20 September 2010Law firms that fail to embrace “legal process management” will quickly lose out to new competitors, such as accounting firms, legal publishers and businesses fuelled by external investment, Professor Richard Susskind has warned. The legal IT and strategy guru has also criticised the approach of many large firms to making cuts during the recession.
Tags: external investment, hourly billing, legal process outsourcing, Richard Susskind
Posted in Market monitor, News, Outsourcing
Weekly round-up: criminals target law firms, LPO ethics and accountants eye legal market
Monday, 13 September 2010Our weekly round-up of other useful news and articles highlights worries that criminals are targeting failing law firms, accountants wanting more of the legal services market, concerns over new conflicts rules, a call to change the terms of PII cover, the need for more ethics guidance around LPO and much more.
Tags: conflicts of interest, diversity, legal process outsourcing, LPC, LPO, marketing, professional indemnity insurance, Solicitors Regulation Authority, SRA
Posted in Market monitor, Solicitors
Report: LPO industry to triple in size by 2015
Monday, 17 May 2010The legal process outsourcing (LPO) market is set to triple in size over the next five years, driven almost exclusively by US and UK lawyers, it has been predicted. Research and analytics firm Evalueserve said the need to become more efficient because of the Legal Services Act and specifically alternative business structures “is expected to boost the LPO industry” in the UK.
Tags: legal process outsourcing
Posted in Latest news, Outsourcing
Susskind backs Camerons’ £600m outsourcing deal
Friday, 14 May 2010Legal process outsourcing reached a new level today after City firm CMS Cameron McKenna signed a 10-year, £583 million deal with Integreon for its “middle office” services, which it claims is the largest ever deal in the legal market and has received the endorsement of Professor Richard Susskind.
Tags: legal process outsourcing
Posted in Latest news, Outsourcing
Cooper swaps in-house for her LPO provider
Tuesday, 16 February 2010The in-house lawyer who made waves last year with a landmark legal process outsourcing agreement with CPA Global has now joined the outsourcing company.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, LPO
Posted in Latest news, Practice Management
Making the case for legal process outsourcing
Tuesday, 16 February 2010In the current economic climate, it is rare to hear of an industry that is said to be booming. However, one sector that is continuously hitting the headlines with record-breaking deals at the moment is the legal process outsourcing sector.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, LPO
Posted in Practice Management
India dominates LPO, but UK backing will help South Africa
Tuesday, 16 February 2010India remains the top destination for legal process outsourcing (LPO), according to research by leading LPO consultancy Fronterion.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, LPO
Posted in Latest news, News, Practice Management
Ten For 2010: Top Ten Trends for Legal Outsourcing in 2010
Tuesday, 16 February 2010To address a profoundly changing legal landscape, law firms and corporate counsel are exploring new models for delivering legal services. One of the most compelling legal service delivery models will be outsourcing. Here are Fronterion’s Top Ten Trends for Legal Outsourcing in 2010.
Tags: legal process outsourcing, Legal Services Act, LPO
Posted in Practice Management
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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