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ABA segnet "Legal Outsourcing" ab

Ethics Opinion 08-451, dated Aug. 5 [...], states that sending legal work overseas is ethically permissible as long as the lawyer doing the outsourcing takes steps to ensure the protection of client confidences and preservation of attorney-client privilege. The advisory also states that attorneys should check to make sure that foreign lawyers are suitably trained and competent and that bills for outsourced work be reasonable.

[New York Law Journal]

Die entsprechende Ethics Opinion der American Bar Association ist hier abrufbar.

Die Outsourcer sind begeistert:

David Perla, the co-founder and co-CEO of New York-based Pangea3, one of the largest LPOs with 300 lawyers in Mumbai, India, said the positive language of the ABA's opinion was particularly heartening. A handful of state bar groups, including the New York City Bar Association, have already signed off on overseas outsourcing, but none has been as enthusiastic as the ABA, he said.

Deutsche Juristen, zieht Euch warm an: Österreich ist näher als Indien.

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