Free Legal Insights White Paper

Compliance Best Practices: On-Demand Legal & Regulatory Analysis

Inside advice on unbundling legal and compliance projects so you can focus on your core mission.

Outsourcing has been successfully implemented in a range of fields, but many legal and compliance tasks remain in-house. In an era of legal challenges and shifting compliance standards, unbundling some of these tasks frees staff to take on essential work. LegalResearch.com’s “Outsourcing Legal & Compliance Research” offers clear guidance to corporations and counsel seeking to meet their deadlines and goals cost-efficiently and effectively.

Major insights covered in this white paper:

• Using on-demand expertise to scale and streamline projects.
• Applying outsourcing best practices to specialized work.
• Implementing rigorous ethics standards with outsourcers.
• Maintaining confidentiality and avoiding conflicts of interest.
• Identifying research-intensive projects for assignment to vendors.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION/EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

LEGAL ETHICS AND OUTSOURCED ANALYTIC RESEARCH

• Legal Ethics Framework
• LPO and the Practice of Law

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY PROTECTIONS AND LPO SERVICES

• Conflicts of Interest
• Confidentiality

THE LPO BUSINESS CASE CORPORATE LEGAL AND COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENTS

• On-Demand Experience
• LPO Pricing Models

CONCLUSION

BEST PRACTICES CHECKLIST

About the Author

Stacey Supina, Managing Director – GRC, oversees LegalResearch.com’s corporate and compliance services for general counsel and compliance professionals. Her professional background includes corporate compliance, business-to-business contracting, and employment and environmental issues. In addition to her work at LRC, Stacey teaches at the University of St. Thomas School of Business. She received her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School and her LL.M. from University College London, England, where her thesis concerned packaging waste regulation.