Tusker Group Grows with Increased Legal Outsourcing Demand

Downturn Forces Companies to Get Creative to Cut Legal Expenses
AUSTIN, Texas--(Business Wire)--
Tusker Group LLC, the leader in offshore document review, is growing its
attorney review staff and adding additional infrastructure to meet increased
demand for its legal process outsourcing services. The firm has added eight new
clients in the past 12 months as a result of new cases and interest in
decreasing costs associated with litigation.

"The legal outsourcing industry is currently experiencing the upside of the down
economy," said John Thickett, CFO of Tusker Group. "We are seeing an increasing
demand for offshore document review. Corporations, driven to cut costs during
this recession, are turning to offshore document review as a way to decrease
expenditures, without compromising their legal strategies."

In the last 12 months, Tusker Group has grown overall by over 100 percent and
added sixty new attorney staff members in both its India and U.S.-based offices.

Key trends driving the demand for offshore document review services include a
greater acceptance of the unbundling of document review from law firm services
to reduce costs associated with document-intensive lawsuits.

The American Bar Association`s (ABA) recent Ethics Opinion 08-451 has helped
pave the way by confirming the benefits of offshore document review. Further,
the economic recession is putting downward pressure on legal costs and forcing
general counsel and their staff to carefully evaluate alternative solutions.

"Forty billion dollars per year are spent on document review, encompassing an
estimated 58 to 90 percent of a corporation`s litigation expenses. Having
document review conducted offshore can easily save companies 30 to 40 percent of
their litigation costs," said Thickett.

"This recession is turning the spotlight on legal bills and driving the use of
the most efficient resources to get the job done."

Boston-based Forrester Research estimates the current value of legal work
shipped overseas at $80 million; that amount is expected to grow to $4 billion
in India alone by 2015.

"We`ve utilized Tusker Group before to help clients attack complex litigation
more efficiently," says Jay Ellwanger, managing partner of Austin-based
litigation boutique DiNovo Price Ellwanger & Hardy LLP. "We`ve been
extraordinarily pleased with the performance of Tusker`s dedicated offshore
review teams-and our clients have certainly enjoyed the results they`ve
achieved."

About Tusker Group

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Tusker Group specializes exclusively in legal
document review. Tusker Group provides the best quality and cost by integrating
its India and U.S.-based operations with clients` legal teams. Tusker Group
provides advanced document review options to in-house and outside legal counsel.

Founded in 2002, Tusker Group was the first LPO to assign clients a dedicated
team to manage their reviews, and is continuously looking for new ways to reduce
variation, refine processes and measure results to help customers realize the
full benefits of outsourced document review. The firm is currently undergoing
ISO 27001 certification for security techniques and management systems. For more
information, visit www.TuskerGroup.com.

for Tusker Group
Kristin Morgan, 512-626-8595
Kristin@anthonybarnum.com

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