High tens of thousands, that’s all I can really estimate. Let me explain this fragment based on a study by Ernst & Young on headquarters locations of the Global 500. In the ten countries with the most, the US leads...

Attorney-client privilege may soon apply to in-house lawyers in France. As reported in the European Lawyer, Issue 92, Jan. 2010 at 21, the Rapport Darrois proposes to allow lawyers who go in-house to remain as members of their local bar,...

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...

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 chief corporate lawyer at Deutsche Lufthansa, Nicolai von Ruckteschell, went on record about law firms that serve his company and venture into alternative fees. According to him in the European Lawyer, Issue 91, Nov./Dec. 2009 at 35, "We have...