This is a process issue, really. For example, we are currently working to develop more efficient systems for processing e-mail and other electronic data required to be discovered in litigation. The timeliness of delivery and sharing of information with clients and co-counsel . Major clients or business units are at least pan-national and typically global. Almost all of them have very highly global networks for sharing information, their executives tend to be quite computer literate, and the deals often involve decision making and the sharing of information around the world.
Key executives involved in major decision making are highly mobile.
The processes involved in mastering fact, researching law and prior practice, forming and communicating judgements, and documenting of transactions or advice are susceptible to process re-engineering.