............................................................................................................................. Description The Law and Practice of Legal Process Outsourcing delves into the most promising aspect of the growing outsourcing industry in the sub-continent. LPO is the industry in which in house legal departments or organizations outsource legal work from areas where it is costly to perform, such as the United States or Europe to areas where it can be performed at a significantly decreased cost, primarily India. The Criterion for deriving value from such services. Also sufficient control is exercised on the operations to ensure that the work is delivered to the level of quality expectation of the client and the data is secure. This book provides an insight into the compliance and various other processes involved in the legal and business aspects of legal process outsourcing. The book is aimed to be a reference and key material for law firms, law universities and colleges, arbitration councils and federations, corporate, multinational clients abroad outsourcing/ intending to outsource work to India, National and International insurance companies. Additionally this book aims to guide the organizations towards creating value addition to their existing business Salient Features: • An Introduction to advent of transitional sharing of legal and paralegal information (Surprisingly) through the medium of internet Only • Gives an insight into how professionals are gearing themselves for the multi dimensional demands of the globalization of individual jurisdiction across the world • Summary description on the current organization, constitution, functioning, security and technical requirements with reference to ethics and protocols of international clients • Vision and expansion in future despite the current financial melt-down ............................................................................................................................. Contents 1. History of Outsourcing 2. Genesis of Legal Process Outsourcing 3. Global Jurisdictions 4. Globalisation and Legal Practice 5. LPO and Cyber Laws 6. Outsourcing Agreement 7. Working Mechanics of LPO 8. Working Model of LPO 9. Indian Economy and LPO 10. LPO/Foreign Firms 11. Hail Recession 12. LPO and Advocates Code 13. Legal Process Outsourcing and Security Issues 14. Professional Ethics 15. Future Prospects of LPO Industry in India 16. Employees Safety and Outsourcing Industry 17. Data Protection Laws in India Annexure 1. Information Technology Act, 2000 Annexure 2. Indian Penal Code Annexure 3. Various Amendments in Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Annexure 4. Civil Procedure Code Annexure 5. Data Protection Act Annexure 6. OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data Annexure 7. Data Protection Act, 1998 (International Law) Index ............................................................................................................................. |