One of the many challenges that law firms face nowadays is the tremendous amount of information involved in any particular case, especially when the cases involve several languages.
About a year ago, a state-owned Costa Rican insurance company sued a Florida-based broker for malpractice, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty for allegedly overcharging it $2.3 million in connection with its placement of reinsurance for a policy it provided for Costa Rica’s state-owned electricity and telecommunications supplier. A Miami law firm that had presented documents only in English represented the Florida-based broker.
