Law.com - Law Firm Files Suit to Bar Outsourcing of Client Data

Law.com - Law Firm Files Suit to Bar Outsourcing of Client Data
I suppose a lawsuit involving the confidentiality of client data and information was inevitable, but this one seems incredibly strained. At the Presidential Summit of this year's annual meeting of the New York State Bar Association, one of my co-panelists, Mary Dalt, the Dean of St. John's Law School in New York, indicated that law firms needed to consider seriously the use of off-shore outsourcing firms, but she also cautioned that due diligence was necessary to make sure that there were proper protections in place. This lawsuit appears to be saying that there are never any protections where the outsourcing firm is off-shore, regardless of what arrangements the outsourcing firm and the attorney may make.