Private equity to target legal process outsourcing
Intelligence nominee’s contractor ties draw scrutiny
Obama’s pick as national intelligence director has woven between federal work and jobs with private contractors. Congress is asking whether the next intelligence chief should rein in outsourcing. Four months after James R. Clapper left his federal job as head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in June 2006, he joined the boards of three government contractors, two of which had been …
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Private equity to target legal process outsourcing
Private equity investment is set to transform legal process outsourcing in a trend that will see many commercial firms miss out on work and could affect the training of future solicitors, leading experts have predicted. David Hawley, partner in the consulting strategy department at Deloitte, said private equity firms have largely switched their focus away from investing directly in law firms …
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