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DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITIES  Eu Member States Austria: Austrian Data Protection Authority, Österreichischen Datenschutzbehörde Belgium: Commission for the Protection of Privacy, Commission de la protection de la vie privée, Commissie voor de bescherming van de persoonlijke levenssfeer,  (CBPL) Bulgaria: Commission for Personal Data Protection, Годишен отчет на Комисията за защита на личните данни Croatia: Croatian Personal Data […]

2014 TPRC Conference Paper Abstract This paper critically assesses the character of European (Union’s) privacy law and policy in the field of online media and electronic communications. Contrary to current understanding, this field of law is more fragmented and ill-developed than is often assumed, in particular by those discussing privacy law and policy in an […]

21 Rich. J.L. & Tech. 9 (2015) Author argues that because of the evolving security risks brought by e-mail, Internet, and cloud computing, lawyers must reassess their ethical duties of competence and confidentiality. Ignorance of technology may lead to violations of lawyers’ fundamental ethical duties of competence and confidentiality. Mentioned rules: ABA Model Rule 1.1; […]

YourABA 2014 The article discusses the following topics: Email: To encrypt or not to encrypt? Reference to ABA Formal Opinion 99-413, 11-459  and 11-460; North Carolina Opinion 2012-5 (2012) Portable devices. Reference to California State Bar Opinion 2010-179 Cloud Computing. Reference to Alaska Opinion 2014-3; Washington state bar Opinion 2215 (2012); California State Bar Interim Opinion 11-0004 […]

The Pennsylvania Bar Association issued a formal opinion on attorneys’ use of social media. The opinion deals with the following issues: (1) whether attorneys may advise clients about the content of the clients’ social networking websites; (2) whether attorneys may connect with a client or former client on a social networking website; (3) whether attorneys […]

Hardly a day goes by without another bar opinion or court decision dealing with ethical issues in the use of technology, particularly social media.  Lawyers need help in assimilating and digesting this deluge of information.  Of course, that is why we created www.technethics.com, where we strive to post major pronouncements dealing with ethics and technology. […]

Hardly a day goes by without another bar opinion or court decision dealing with ethical issues in the use of technology, particularly social media.  Lawyers need help in assimilating and digesting this deluge of information.  Of course, that is why we created www.technethics.com, where we strive to post major pronouncements dealing with ethics and technology. […]

  In my talk I will go ahead analyzing the approach of American will provide some elements to understand benefits and risks of cloud computing from an American lawyer’s perspective. I ethics opinions on cloud computing. Then, I will discuss the different implications of privacy law on cloud computing under an American perspective, as opposed to a […]

  In my talk I will provide some elements to understand benefits and risks of cloud computing from an American lawyer’s perspective. I will go ahead analyzing the approach of American ethics opinions on cloud computing. Then, I will discuss the different implications of privacy law on cloud computing under an American perspective, as opposed to […]

On Oct. 22, 2013 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct that, for the part that is interesting to us, update the guidelines for maintaining competence. The changes bring Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct in line with the ABA Model Rules, in particular Comment [8] to Rule 1.1   From […]