ABA-423
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| U.S. law firms may include partners who are foreign lawyers, as long as the arrangement complies with U.S. and foreign law, and the foreigners are "members of a recognized legal profession in the foreign jurisdiction" (examples include lawyers in European Union countries, Great Britain, Japan, and Sweden); U.S. lawyers must avoid assisting in the unauthorized practice of law by foreign lawyers in the U.S., and should remember that many countries recognize only a narrow attorney-client privilege (for example, most civil law countries do not protect communications with in-house corporate counsel). |