Notwithstanding the backlash over business process outsourcing in the United States, New Jersey law firm Sills, Cummis, Epstein & Gross said they are considering outsourcing to India the coding and organising of documents for major litigation cases.
Founded in 1971, Sills, Cummis, Epstein & Gross is one of New Jersey's largest law firms, with a strong regional presence.
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"Most of the legal exporting seems to be going to India," the Newark Star Ledger reported.
"Your will, the legal research for your mortgage or the proof-reading of your lawsuit could soon come with a Done in India label," the Ledger cautioned its readers.
The highly educated legal work force in India will "work for less and get research and other support work done while American lawyers sleep," it said.
A law consulting company in Somerset, Hildebrandt International, is in talks to open an office in India to handle back-office work and litigation support for US firms.
The US law firms are taking tentative steps toward outsourcing transcription, legal research and document management for trials to cut costs, the report added.
Meanwhile, reports on outsourcing continued to hit the US media. The Miami Herald in a report on Indian software major Infosys Technologies said the company is the "epicentre" of outsourcing revolution and "showcases India's aspirations to become a powerhouse in the global economy."
The Times, in a report said six to seven jobs could be created in Virginia to handle the 100,000 calls a month that are now made to India by the state's 195,000 food-stamp recipients.