The legal industry is at a crossroads. Most large law firms now have e-discovery groups made up of project managers and other technology consultants strewn across their domestic offices who assist clients and case teams with managing data processed, hosted and reviewed on someone else’s platform.

Those law firms are increasingly being forced to take a stand: Should they go all in by bringing everything in-house or outsource all of their e-discovery needs to a third party? Here are five reasons the one-stop shop is the way to go for sophisticated, cost-conscious law firms and their clients: