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Good Scope for Legal Process Outsourcing Sunanda Jayaseelan Wednesday, June 20, 2007 (Mysore):Sacha Baron Cohen is probably one of the most successful comedians of modern times. While he is busy making people laugh, a team of lawyers in Mysore is ensuring that those who do not find his gags quite so funny do not sue him. All thanks to legal process outsourcing. "We are a United States law firm in Mysore. What we did was we prepared the legal road map before the film was made, advised during the making of the film and then there were the claims, as with any successful movie," said Russell Smith, President & Chairman, SDD Global Solutions. The team sitting in Mysore has decided on a scene from the movie that had everything, right from planting of fake security guards. Apart from this particular movie, the company has also worked closely with HBO on several projects as well as with Sony and Twentieth Century Fox. The reason why Hollywood would choose to outsource legal work is very simple, it costs between $30 to $90 per hour to hire a lawyer in India compared to $300- $700 in the US. Therefore, since all of the work here is done on-line it halves the time involved. Indian filmmakers are also apparently approaching them for legal work, albeit in a small way. "Indian companies may have US legal questions or matters because many Indian companies are buying western companies, so there needs to be questions answered," said Russell Smith. Legal process outsourcing may be still nascent, contributing less than five per cent of the total knowledge process industry in India, but other niche areas like retailing, publishing and immigration laws are ensuring that there will be a demand for this sector to move ahead. |
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