“Terrorism is a fact of life internationally,” said George Kimball, an outsourcing expert and partner in the Los Angeles office of Baker & McKenzie. “If this is an isolated incident, I would expect things to continue normally there.”
Of more concern, although a remote possibility, said Kimball, is the threat of war between Pakistan and India as a result of the terrorism. Mumbai, the financial center of India, was hit with a string of terrorist attacks last week that left 179 dead. The Indian city is chock full of outsourcing companies doing work for U.S. and British companies, including numerous legal process outsourcing companies (LPOs) doing contract and document review and legal research for law firms and in-house counsel.
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