Now, America outsourcing Indian advocates!

HT.com ^ | March 16, 2005|17:59 IST | Lalit Jha

[MarkL]

Maybe we can strat looking to outsource our congresscritters!

Mark

[CarrotAndStick]

Jeepers Creepers!

[briant]

Makes you wonder what the point was in developing a high order civilization. It's now being destroyed and/or stolen, so we can all inherit a pile of third world crap in it's stead.

[sukhoi-30mki]

It takes light years to finish off a case in an Indian court.No wonder Indian lawyers have plenty of time on their hand & can deeply study an case!!

[aspiring.hillbilly]

Maybe the their fellow Shylock's in the congress will be persuaded to throw a bone to Shylock's having their jobs outsourced and wake the hell up and pass legislation to take the obscene profits out of this robber Barron shady practice.

[CarrotAndStick]

Huh?

[FateAmenableToChange]

This is actually good for American lawyers - litigation, like most things, is demand elastic. As the price for litigation goes up, demand drops because the expected return drops. As the price for litigation drops, more people will be willing to bring more lawsuits because their expected return will be higher. The only limiting factor is a lack of supply - courts & arbitrators are already too busy to increase output significantly.

Within a few years, the dream of every American trial lawyer will finally be realized: The American economy will have ground to a halt, everyone will have sued everyone, and the trial lawyers will have emigrated to India where they will be safe from torch-bearing mobs.

[ARCADIA]

This may be a good thing. If we manage to put most of our legal beagles out of business, and saddle India with millions of worthless lawyers, we might even become competitive again.

[GladesGuru]

It couldn't happen to a more appropriate "profession".

If you can't hang 'em, outsource 'em!

[snowsislander]

If I thought that there was any chance that it would cause unemployment among lawyers, or a reduction in the extortionate fees they charge, I would allow myself some optimism at this outsourcing.

As it is, this is likely to make the bottom lines even fatter at the law offices, and encourage even more useless litigation. I am willing to bet that among the next steps for this outsourcing will be drafting legislation.

I think that legal activity should be subtracted from our GDP computations.

[zippee]

I second your 'HUH?'

[ARCADIA]

I think that legal activity should be subtracted from our GDP computations.

We would end up with a negative GDP.

[contemplator]

Very smart move on many levels.

[mindfever]

It takes 'light years' to finish off a case in an Indian court

I know that was meant to be funny, but the OCD streak in me wants to point out that 'light year' is an unit of distance, not time. :D

[sukhoi-30mki]

Baaaaahhh,You've spoilt all my fun.

[sukhoi-30mki]

India has countless out of work lawyers.It would be safe to assume that the ones who get outsourced work are such lawyers.

[CarrotAndStick]

It takes 'light years' to finish off a case in an Indian court I know that was meant to be funny, but the OCD streak in me wants to point out that 'light year' is an unit of distance, not time. :D

Now, THAT is what I call education. Thanks, I too missed the error.

[A. Pole]

"This is because Indian lawyers are uniquely positioned to assist the US legal market," claimed Rocky Dhir, who was among the first few to recognise India's potential in legal outsourcing.

Because of lower wages?

[A. Pole]

"This is because Indian lawyers are uniquely positioned to assist the US legal market," claimed Rocky Dhir, who was among the first few to recognise India's potential in legal outsourcing.

Because of the lower wages?