The Wall Street Journal has cited Pfizer, Cisco, and American Express as just a few companies intent on reducing the amount of legal fees it pays to its outside law firms. "'Billable Hour' Under Attack," Wall Street Journal, August 24, 2009, Nathan Koppel and Ashby Jones.
Rio Tinto, a leading international mining group, is reportedly bypassing its external counsel and working directly with a legal outsourcing company to outsource some of its legal work, saving $1M in legal fees by paying lower rates that its main external counsel Linklaters and Baker & McKenzie. "Outsourcing is taking hold," Financial Post, August 26, 2009.
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Rio Tinto, a leading international mining group, is reportedly bypassing its external counsel and working directly with a legal outsourcing company to outsource some of its legal work, saving $1M in legal fees by paying lower rates that its main external counsel Linklaters and Baker & McKenzie. "Outsourcing is taking hold," Financial Post, August 26, 2009.
U.S. law firms ought not wait until their clients start outsourcing for them. Onshore outsourcing by using freelance legal professionals needs to be explored, and through the use of FreelanceLaw.com, that is easy to accomplish.
FreelanceLaw.com is an online, searchable database that allows law firms to connect with freelance legal professionals. Instead of paying hundreds of dollars to post a single job/project post for 30 days, law firms can search a database of over 1,200 freelancers at no cost and directly negotiate agreements with them. Furthermore, unlike other freelancer sites like guru.com, FreelanceLaw was designed by an attorney, factoring in the specific needs and requirements of the legal industry.
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