LPO or Legal Process Outsourcing of legal documents review is increasingly being preferred these days because document review has become a time consuming and expensive process, mainly triggered by data explosion, technological evolution, and the sudden increase in ESI (electronic stored information). One cannot also deny the fact that US practices lack consistent teams to perform document review work.

Document review in the context of litigation is done in two levels. The first level of document review is the discovery phase and first part in any litigation. This process is performed after receiving the legal "Request for production of documents". During this process the objective is to reduce the document set into a workable and responsive data set. Even though the e-discovery best practices have reduced a data set by almost 70% there still may remain millions of documents to be reviewed. This is because the total quantity of documents has multiplied several times over the years. In the second level these workable documents are reviewed more seriously by seniors.

As legal document review forms the major part of litigation expenses today law firms are trying out all methods to reduce the cost of litigation and outsourcing of e-discovery is a viable solution. During the document review process quite often millions of documents have to be searched and identified for

• Case relevance
• Confidentiality
• Privileged /protection
• "Key/hot" status

Besides in litigation, document review is also performed in matters of regulatory compliance and corporate due diligence.

The India based LPO services are a great boon in this regard because, attorneys in India doing the work come from the best law schools with a good understanding of the US legal system. They also use the best e-discovery technology, tools and processes and implement the highest level of security.

Managed Outsource Solutions (MOS) is a US based company that offers a wide range of legal outsourcing services including, legal research, litigation support, legal documentation, legal transcription, legal animation, legal coding and more for clients in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.

Labels: e-discovery, electronic legal research, legal document review, legal process outsourcing, litigation, LPO

Litigation support is about professional help /support given to lawyers by non lawyers. When such support is given during a claims dispute it is called claims litigation support and the claim by the party has to be evaluated. As the related issue could be either administrative or technical, it has to be primarily analyzed by expert professionals. Other litigation support areas include, investigative accounting, auditing, tax / expert testimony and financial evaluations.

What are the types of works that the litigation support staffs do? Some of them are listed below,

• Categorizing the claims
• Identify claims
• Developing analytical models
• Evaluation model development
• Cost analysis / pricing
• Determining cause of cost impacts
• Plan claims strategies with client and the attorney
• Develop legal trial graphics as required
• Cross-examination analysis

Usually during claims litigation a systematic evaluation reveals the strength of the client's position and the possible ideal legal strategy to be formulated. Legal animation is a method of making computer graphics with 2D or 3D animation that can easily make an impression on the jury/ client / audience by making them understand and visualize any complex event with ease.

Managed Outsource Solutions is a US based LPO company that offers highly affordable yet professional litigation support services besides other services like legal transcriptions, legal research, and legal documentation services for clients in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.

Labels: 2D/3D legal animation, litigation support, LPO, trial graphics

Globalization and online digital technologies have paved the way for long term solution possibilities to the ever rising high cost of legal services in the United States. Legal transcription is part of the legal outsourcing industry that has the primary intention of reducing costs without compromising the service quality.

Global legal transcription services have become quite specialized today, and different varieties of offshore legal transcription services are provided by trained transcription professionals who work under the direct supervision of professional lawyers and can consistently deliver almost 100% accurate legal transcripts within a few hours any where in the world. Some of the common transcription services available include,

• Trial transcription
• Legal briefs transcription
• Wiretap transcription
• Verbatim transcription
• Legal letter transcription
• General correspondence transcription
• Court proceedings transcription
• Deposition transcription

Outsourcing of services like legal transcription has also opened the doors to other specialized legal services like legal coding, legal research, litigation support, document review, legal documentation, e-discovery, legal animation and legal web design. Outsourcing these services to countries like India should soon make it possible even for the common man to afford quality litigation.

Outsourcing has many other advantages and makes perfect business sense. However there are challenges that will have to be solved before it becomes widely accepted. The Indian LPO (legal process outsourcing) industry is fast heading to become a multibillion dollar industry.
Managed Outsource Solutions is a US based legal transcription outsourcing (offshore and domestic) solution provider with work facilities in the US and in various Asian locations including India and the Philippines.

Labels: affordable legal transcription, legal outsourcing, LPO, transcription services

There are many factors that motivate companies to choose offshore outsourcing today. What are the primary and secondary factors that inspire a company to reach at the decision of offshoring their works and processes to another firm in a foreign country which they may have never even visited?

The most primary factor or motivation for the outsourcing companies is of course the cost reducing factor. By offshoring their work to Asian low wages countries like India, the offshoring US companies hope to substantially increase their savings. Another factor is the favorable time difference between the countries and the low turnaround time for completing job works. These offshore locations work on a 24 / 7, 365 days a year basis and have the support of "state of the art" secure technology.

It is true that outsourcing is a new way of working for many companies and it could take time for companies to settle comfortably. Also prior to offshoring a lot of thinking and planning has to be done and it should be made sure that outsourcing will be beneficial for the company and will help in achieving its objectives. Some of the reasons for offshore outsourcing include,

• Option of not employing a long term employee
• Lack of technical expertise within the company
• Reducing the level of risk
• Get more time for core processes
• Cutting managerial costs
• For better business solutions
• Expanding manufacturing capabilities

Managed Outsource Solutions (MOS) is a US based company that offers a wide range of affordable yet professional BPO/LPO services like data entry, legal transcription, litigation support, search engine optimization, photo editing, English Spanish translations, data mining, legal research, legal documentation and the like for clients in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia

Labels: BPO, LPO, Offshore outsourcing, offshoring, outsourcing factors

LPO is the buzzword in the Indian legal circle these days as outsourcing is looked upon as the doorway to fortune by entire legal communities, law firms and legal corporate. It is believed and predicted to be the future of Indian outsourcing industry and expected to earn great foreign exchange for India in the years to come.

Until recently it was the paralegal kind of work / legal document preparation that was outsourced. The LPO industry is now focusing on preferred jobs like patent related services and legal research with better earnings of $150 + / hour.

Some of the Indian giants of LPO are even claiming to be better and more efficient than their US counterparts and the aspiring LPO sector in India is fast catching up and trying to get their hands on the Patent and other IP related services. With 80000 law graduates being churned out every year India will have no problem getting the cream out of the milk to get the job done efficiently. According to Forrester, over 50000 legal jobs will be outsourced by 2015 to other countries. India is poised to get the biggest share.

What are the different types of patent related services that are at present outsourced? They include,

• IP monitoring
• Licensing support
• Patent mining
• Patent application drafting
• Assessing patents
• Patents competition analysis
• Claims mapping
• Patent landscaping
• Technology landscaping
• Patent analysis
• Patent landscaping
• Filing of Patent /document management

Managed Outsource Solutions (MOS) is an Oklahoma based legal outsourcing service provider offering outsourcing services in patent drafting services, patent litigation support and patent infringement services besides other services like legal transcription, legal research, litigation support and legal animation.

Labels: India, legal process outsourcing, LPO, patent services