Outsourcing Company still trying to discern difference between DC, Chicago

I received in my email today in regards to a patent paralegal ad:

** CRAIGSLIST ADVISORY --- AVOID SCAMS BY DEALING LOCALLY** Avoid: wiring money, cross-border deals, work-at-home** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping** More Info: http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

Hello,

I saw your post on craigslist. I run a paralegal firm with experts in US law, JDs and LLMs from Top-tier US Law schools, Litigation and IPR experts with 20+ years of experience. We have an established team of IPR experts. Our team consists of prior art researchers, WIPO-certified patent draftees with over 20 years experience in USPTO and International patent work. We also offer best quality paralegal services in litigation, and we have experience in both Federal and State litigation, trials and appeals.

All this is provided at a very low price, because our work-office is in India.

You have posted a recruitment notice for the post of an Patent Paralegal. If telecommuting is permitted, we can save thousands of dollars for your firm and provide a much higher quality of service, because people who will oversee your work are US-educated lawyers and not secretaries or paralegals.

A lot of Chicago firms and corporations use our services and save money thereby. If you are similarly interested, please get back to us from a valid email ID and we willl provide you with website and contact information.

Sincerely

Sayak
On behalf of and in Asst. to CEO.

South Pole Reindeer can Circle the Globe at a fraction of the price of North Pole Reindeer

I posted earlier about outsourcing news from India. I happened to come across this other law blog, which was mentioning much of what I had mentioned before but with other items that I had not seen. I know some of the blog's post is stuff that I had covered before, but there are some other interesting items. The blogger doesn't cite to where he received the other information so I am sure it's ok if I just lift the information he has already lifted. No copyright violation there right?

"Changes in litigation procedures are boosting momentum in the LPO trade. Amendments to federal rules require parties to share electronic documents, such as e-mail and Microsoft Office files. That typically means both sides must review thousands of documents to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of confidential information to the other party. The service costs about $1 per page in India but can range from $7 to $10 per page in the U.S. "Some clients don't want to spend that much, especially if they don't even know how much their damages could be," says Conrad Jacoby, owner of efficientEDD, a legal-technology consultancy in Dunn Loring, Va.

TransUnion, in Chicago, has successfully outsourced legal work for four years, according to general counsel John W. Blenke. "Every law firm is really an outsourcer. One lawyer usually can't do it all," he says. Indian attorneys are currently reviewing more than a million litigation e-mails for the company, which costs less than $10 per hr., he says. He would pay $60 to $85 per hr. to a U.S.-based legal-staffing company for the job. Blenke says he's cautious, however, about the work he outsources. "You can only do it with a few things. It has to be an area that you know well, so you can build processes around that," he says.

DuPont saved $500,000 in 2006 by outsourcing paralegal work to Chicago's RR Donnelley, which uses facilities in India and the Philippines to review documents for the chemical giant, says Thomas Sager, DuPont's chief litigation counsel. "There's been some internal resistance, and from the outside too, about working with providers thousands of miles away. But geographic separation is now a fact of life," says Sager."

Epiq is Rolling

I posted earlier about Epiq Systems acquisition of PinPoint Global. Now it seems that they had a 25% increase in revenue in the first quarter of this year.

"Epiq Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIQ: 16.65, +0.39, +2.39%) today announced results of operations for the first quarter of 2008. Operating revenue (total revenue before operating revenue from reimbursed direct costs) of $43.9 million increased 25% compared to $35.1 million for the same period last year."

"Net income for the first quarter of 2008 was $2.7 million or $0.07 per share compared to net income of $0.2 million or $0.00 per share for the year ago quarter."

Full article is here.