LPO aka High End Outsourcing!

If billing rates are any metric for where in the spectrum of outsourced services, does a particular service lie, LPO related work is right on the top. Financial Express article at the link,
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=106310, mentions going rates of $30-70 for legal outsourcing related services and as high as $125 for patent research related work!

Whoa!