Here is an interesting article about the growth of outsourced legal work in India. ESPECIALLY the work given to young associates out of law school. How does it feel to be a law student/recent grad, knowing how few jobs there are available for young associates and most of the work is being outsourced to India. Who is to blame? Are law firms to blame for exorbitant fees too high for clients in a down economy? Are law schools to blame for traditionally focusing more on legal theory and less on practical skills? Are there other factors? Pay close attention to the type of work being outsourced… America has obviously become more of a service based nation (as opposed to manufacturing), but what are we going to do when we outsource manufacturing AND service?
Here is a snippet of the article (link to full article below):
India’s legal outsourcing industry has grown in recent years from an experimental endeavor to a small but mainstream part of the global business of law. Cash-conscious Wall Street banks, mining giants, insurance firms and industrial conglomerates are hiring lawyers in India for document review, due diligence, contract management and more.
Thanks to the U.S. Copyright Office, iPhone users can now legally hack their phones to download applications that aren’t in Apple’s App Store. According to THIS PRESS RELEASE, The U.S. Copyright Office, a division of the Library of Congress, has authorized several new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), one of which will allow mobile phone users to “jailbreak” — or hack into — their devices to use apps not authorized by the phone’s manufacturer and access .
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Jailbreaking iPhones had been a legal gray area up to this point: Apple technically had the right to request a $2,500 government fine for damages every time a user violated the law that bans “circumvention of technological measures” controlling access to copyrighted works — in this case, the iPhone’s iOS software. Apple never actually requested that a fine be levied on an iPhone customer. But it fought to preserve its right to: Apple filed an objection last year to the rule the Copyright Office has now adopted.
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The Copyright Office’s decision means that jailbreakers will not face legal sanctions, but phone makers are still free to fight back technologically against the practice. Apple typically voids the warranty on iPhones that owners have hacked. The company maintains that tampering with the iPhone can introduce bugs and glitches. Read more
