When the LPO provider is based in the same country, the practice of outsourcing includes agency work and other services requiring a physical presence, such as court appearances.
LPO providers have established themselves in Canada,[1] South Africa,[9] India,[10] the Philippines,[11] the United States, Israel,[12] and Latin America.
Now firms are increasingly trying to leverage expertise,' says Saikat Chaudhuri, an assistant professor in the business school at the University of Pennsylvania.
'"[22] LPO firms in India had predicted an annual growth of 200% due to recession related litigation and the increased need to save costs in the US.
The attorney–client privilege is a doctrine that says anything conveyed between an attorney and his client shall be treated with utmost confidentiality and is exempted from disclosure even in a court of law.
[26][full citation needed] Another criticism is that people performing legal work may not be bound to necessary ethical standards.
[27] The process of Legal Outsourcing has come in conflict with the Model Code of Conduct issued by the American Bar Association.
Recently, new frontiers for legal outsourcing have emerged in geographic areas closer to their target client markets.
Other established LPO providers can be found in Argentina, Australia, China, France, the Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea, each offering unique advantages concomitant with their distinctive geographic location, language capabilities and regional expertise.
[32] Argentina, for example, is an increasingly desirable LPO centre for the U.S. client market due to its proximity in terms of its western hemisphere location, time zone similarity, and cultural ties to the United States.
[35] LPO providers in India and in these new frontiers are increasingly utilizing onshore and offshore US and UK-licensed attorneys as part of their outsourcing offering[36] as a means to create greater quality controls, expand into more sophisticated offerings, and instill higher confidence in the ethical treatment of client sensitive data.