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US is 'years away' from ABSs, says ABA president
The new American Bar Association (ABA) president has said that the US is 'years away' from copying the UK by introducing ABAs (Alternative Business Structures) which allow non-lawyers to enter the legal market.
No ABS's for the USA Stuart Monk
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James Silkenat is reported in Solicitors Journal as saying: 'The ABA has no appetite for it - it would lose 90 to 10. And, since the ABA drafts and prepares the ethical rules that are then adopted by various states, it's not going to come up.'
