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Two weeks ago my colleague and firm-founder, Mike Hilgers, published a blog post about geographic arbitrage in the legal services industry. As that post explains, geo-arbitrage is when a business strategically locates its offices and operations in cities with more affordable real estate and lower costs of doing business. Since geo-arbitrage has a lot to do with why I now live and practice in Lincoln, Nebraska, I want to give you one associate’s perspective on the virtues and advantages of this innovative business model.

Part 1

A sea change is occurring in the world of legal services, driven by technological innovation and accelerated by the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The good news is that document review can be done remotely. But be careful to make sure your document review provider is equipped to handle this kind of work. Here are four questions to ask your provider.

We have identified six different hidden costs in the e-discovery process: (1) substantive errors, (2) duplication of effort, (3) lack of strategic planning, (4) inefficient work flow, (5) staff turnover, and (6) failure to properly substitute.  In our last post we set out the e-discovery “cost equation” along with the first three e-discovery cost drivers—costs arising from common mistakes that increase the number of hours it takes to complete a project. In Part II, we will discuss the final three, and identify the greatest “hidden” cost of all.