Seyfarth Shaw says it will be the first major law firm to use “software robots” that use human training to move information between computer programs or apps.
Seyfarth is licensing…
Feb 8, 2017 9:40 AM CST
A majority of law firms and corporations are already using alternative legal service providers (ALSP) in at least one service category, and more intend to do so in the coming…
Jan 31, 2017 2:00 PM CST
The concept of a residency program for law school grads is far from new, but one legal services provider is turning concept into reality.
UnitedLex—a legal services…
Feb 1, 2016 1:10 AM CST
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Suffolk University Law School has found a use for some unused space in its law library.
Legal outsourcing company Integreon will create an office there and pay students to work…
Jan 27, 2016 6:15 AM CST
A lawyer doing document review work for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan isn’t entitled to overtime pay because he was using legal judgment, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District…
Jan 4, 2016 8:06 AM CST
Thomson Reuters is opening a third legal outsourcing office in the United States.
The new Thomson Reuters Legal Managed Services office is located in Eagan, Minnesota, the Minneapolis St.…
Oct 21, 2015 6:48 AM CDT
At a rather small table in a large hotel conference room, five pioneers in new legal services met with the
ABA Journal in May. Someone suggested the Las Vegas gathering…
Sep 1, 2015 6:10 AM CDT
From left: Daniel Lewis, Victor Li, Mark Britton, Kingsley Martin, Jack Newton, Reginald Davis and Michelle Crosby. Photographs by Jeff Green Photography.
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The field of operations management is focused on creating efficient and effective business operations. It recognizes that there are trade-offs that must be made between efficiency and service level (or…
Aug 12, 2015 8:59 AM CDT
Legal outsourcing company Integreon has opened an office in Austin, Texas, providing more evidence that law firms and companies are increasingly sending their outsourced work to offices in the…
Jul 29, 2015 10:47 AM CDT
A trial judge erred in dismissing a BigLaw document reviewer’s lawsuit seeking overtime pay, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
Accepting plaintiff David Lola’s allegations as true for the purpose…
Jul 23, 2015 12:45 PM CDT
Four law schools are participating in a residency program that pairs graduates with legal process outsourcing firm UnitedLex Corp.
The law graduates earn $55,000 to $70,000 a year, depending on…
May 29, 2015 9:28 AM CDT
I recently received a strategy presentation from a very sophisticated law firm, which can be summarized in one, MBA-ish slide. The client is in the center planet, surrounded by “law…
Mar 26, 2015 1:55 PM CDT
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When the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services scheduled a public hearing for the midpoint of the association’s 2015 Midyear Meeting in Houston, it was hoping to…
Feb 7, 2015 8:20 PM CST
Custom Counsel, a service which matches lawyers available to do contract work with law firms and legal departments that need temporary or project-based help, was recently acquired by CuroLegal,…
Feb 3, 2015 1:30 PM CST
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