July 2007

 

Latest Survey Shows Corporations Increasingly Unhappy with Outside Lawyers

Panelists at Section Annual Conference discuss solutions
Lawyers interested in getting new clients and keeping existing ones take note: A 2006 survey conducted by the American Corporate Counsel Association (ACCA) reports that nearly 70 percent of inhouse attorneys are dissatisfied with the outside law firms they use, and one out of three corporate clients fired at least one of its law firms during the past year.

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U.S. Discovery Procedures Increasingly Available for Use in Foreign Proceedings

Rulings expand the reach of 28 U.S.C. § 1782
Recent federal court decisions have significantly expanded the availability of U.S. discovery procedures for use in foreign legal proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1782.

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Ethics Opinions Allow Foreign Legal Outsourcing

Lawyers and clients must weigh cost savings, quality, duty to supervise
Bar committees in New York City, San Diego County, and Los Angeles County have ruled, expressly or implicitly, that lawyers may contract with foreign lawyers not admitted to practice in any jurisdiction in the United States, or with nonlawyers outside the United States, to perform legal work for U.S. clients.

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