A chart in a discussion of data compiled by PriceWaterhouseCooopers, January 2010, Corp. Counsel, March 2010 at 50, shows that during 2002-08, median damages awarded non-practicing entities (trolls) were $12 million, almost three times the damages awarded practicing entities. Note the phrase “damages awarded.” Perhaps the differential is because companies…
The Law Society, Britain’s counterpart to the American Bar Association,closely associates with Lexcel. A Lexcel publication (at page 10) mentions the availability of “guidelines for those wishing to use the services of management consultants.” [Blog author’s note: that would include me]. In an appropriately lawyerlike disclaimer, it cautions: “The guidelines…
An excellent article in Legal Tech. News, Feb. 2010 at 22-23, explains two ways that legal departments can assure themselves about the levels of control and security LPO vendors offer. The two ways are “a certification program, where the outsourcing vendor complies with a pre-described set of controls. A second…
What do you make of this? A half-page ad in Corp. Counsel, Feb. 2010 at 14, of hands clapping caught my eye. Under a quote about success being a journey, not a destination, it says, “Wishing our friend and colleague, Richard Egosi, Chief Legal Officer, the best of luck on…
Cross-border legal disputes can lead to arbitration, but complaints about arbitration’s costs and delays have increased to the point where the inside attorneys at more than 50 multinational corporations have come together to improve the situation. The group, described in Corp. Counsel, Feb. 2010 at 18-19, calls itself the Corporate…
In America, Britain and Canada, most commentary on legal process outsourcing refers to providers in India, where English is commonly spoken and the common law prevails. But for in-house counsel whose primary work language is French or Spanish, other countries contend for the work. For example, European Lawyer, Issue 92,…
Legal-related work that offshore locations can handle are often thought of as routine but necessary services, support activities, commodity tasks, work carried out over and over – in a word, processes. But what is a process? A three-part definition by the general counsel of GenPact, a process management company, does…
Legal-related work that offshore locations can handle are often thought of as routine but necessary services, support activities, commodity tasks, work carried out over and over – in a word, processes. But what is a process? A three-part definition by the general counsel of GenPact, a process management company, does…
When you choose an offshore vendor to provide legal-related services, you shouldn’t base the decision solely on your perception of the ability of the vendor’s staff to do the work. Beyond that, cautions the European Lawyer, Issue 92, Jan. 2010 at 37, you should conduct a site visit of the…
To the extent third parties see litigation as a profitable investment, lawyers in legal departments will face more litigation. Having written about one manifestation of this, so-called patent trolls in the US, it interested me to run across an example of a non-practicing entity (NPE) in Germany (See my post…