Outsourcing Legal Work -- Overseas??

Lately, lots of buzz is circulating around the topic of outsourcing legal research and writing to overseas firms. The folks on the discussion lists are questioning and examining the pros and cons of sending legal research out of house to firms in Asia .

The caveat presented is this:
Ask if the outsourcing firm carries legal malpractice insurance.
And then ask: how much.

One firm claims (on its website) that it has a number of lawyers in India working on your legal project. The selling point for this firm is the time-zone difference. You send out your request for legal research before you leave the office at 5:30 in the afternoon; when you arrive back at the office at 8:30 the next morning, there is your brief, all written. The advantage cited? Your work is done in India, while you are sleeping in the United States.

A quick look at that same web cite reveals that it is literally RIDDLED with so many errors -- grammar, spelling, and others. To me, that indicates that the final written product would also be full of errors. Ugh.

I think I'll keep my research in-house. At least then I'll know the errors are mine.

PS: However, there is one local Legal Research firm which I would trust, if the need ever arises.