Does Legal Outsourcing Put Private Info at Risk?
Posted by Zach Lowe Late last month the American Bar Association gave the green light to legal outsourcing, provided that firms sending work overseas make sure that everything done beyond U.S. borders is done by the book–including the protection of confidential information. Even before the ABA move, one Maryland firm was worried enough about the privacy issue to file a lawsuit against Acumen Legal Services, a legal-process outsourcing company based in India. The basis of the May complaint, filed by Joseph Hennessy, a name partner at the Maryland boutique Newman, McIntosh & Hennessey: Given that the federal government now monitors some communications between citizens here and foreign nationals, LPOs can’t guarantee that a client’s personal information is safe from such surveillance. Last week, responding to a motion to dismiss filed by Acumen’s legal team, Hennessey voluntarily dismissed his complaint. But, he says, that’s not the end of his battle to make sure legal outsourcing doesn’
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