In 2018, 59 percent of small-sized law firms in the U.S. stated that quality concerns affect their decision to utilize alternative legal services providers (ALSPs), a decline from 67 percent during the 2016 survey. In that same year, 37 percent of small law firms in the U.S. used ALPSs for legal research activities.
Attitudes of small law firms to use of alternative legal services providers (ALSP) in the United States in 2016 and 2018
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