Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO): 2007 and Beyond, By Mark Ross (LawScribe Inc) with contributions by Ron Friedman, (Integreon) and Neeraja Kandala, (Senior Research Analyst, ValueNotes), February 2008:

Let's Offshore The Lawyers DuPont is farming out legal services to Asia—and saving a bundle (Business Week, September 16, 2006)

U.S. firms outsource legal services to India (By Cynthia Cotts and Liane Kufchock Bloomberg News)

Motorola slashes legal spend to tune of $200m, In-house team halved, external advisers cut back and City firms dismissed as poor value for money

Links

Export Control:

Bureau of Industrial Security:

July 23, 2008 USPTO Notice, “Scope of Foreign Filing Licenses”:

Export Administration Regulations:

Client Data Security: 

Export Control and Conflict of Interest Screening Form: 

Bar Association Opinions on Outsourcing:

Summary of Bar Association Opinions on the legality of Outsourcing:  Ethics Opinions Allow Foreign Legal Outsourcing by Steven Mintz, Litigation News Associate Editor, July 2007