U.S. law firms conducting e-discovery for Asian corporate clients face many hurdles. In addition to cultural and language barriers, countries in Asia have varying regulations when transferring data outside of their borders.
To help lawyers better navigate this terrain, including the vastly different employee privacy, discovery and attorney-client privilege rules across Asian countries, UBIC Inc. held a seminar at the Yale Club in New York Friday, “Crossing the Pacific: Conducting Legal Business in Japan and the Rest of Asia.” Japan-based UBIC offers Asian-language electronic data discovery software.
