The bar Association of San Francisco Ethics Committee Topic: Response to Clients’ Online Review Digest from the opinion “An attorney is not ethically barred from responding generally to an online review by a former client where the former client’s matter has concluded. However, the duty of confidentiality prevents the attorney from disclosing confidential information about […]
Ms. Giannoni-Crystal provides thoughts on benefits and risks of cloud computing for an American based international law firm. She analyzes the approach of American jurisdictions on cloud computing. She also discusses the implications of privacy laws on a law firm’s adoption of cloud computing. Finally, Ms. Giannoni-Crystal provides some practical tips for an international law […]
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 […]
It only takes one – one patient complaint, one number coming up in a random audit, or one small device with unencrypted patient information that disappears from a car or apartment or tumbles from a backpack or purse tossed onto a restaurant chair. The cost of compliance with HIPAA protocols and documentation sure seems small […]
From the Article: “The increasing number of data theft and espionage incidents in cyberspace has been widely reported, and law firms have become particularly attractive targets. One data security company reports that 10% of the advanced cyberattacks it investigated in the past 18 months were targeted at law firms.” The full text is available […]
52 Hofstra Law Review 175 (2013) http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2378492##; Chapman University Law Research Paper No. 13-17. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2378492 From the author’s abstract “When lawyers receive a document — whether hard copy or an electronic document — that they know the adversary sent them inadvertently (for example, a fax or email mistakenly sent to an adversary […]
[Note: date of publication unclear] From the Article: “Question No. 1: Is it necessary—for either ethics, privilege, or liability purposes—to encrypt communications on the Internet, except for matters so important that any threat of interception must be avoided? Question No. 2: Must lawyers communicate with or about clients on the Internet using only encryption software? […]
Missouri Supreme Court Advisory Committee & Legal Ethics Counsel NOTE: date of publication unclear From the Article: “An attorney should consult with a client before communicating with the client by unencrypted e-mail. It is not necessary to obtain express consent but it is necessary to consult with the client about the risks of communicating […]
“He has his head in the clouds,” – a familiar expression used to refer to someone who is theoretical, impractical, or dreamy. However, for lawyers today being in the clouds is not only practical, it may be “inevitable.” Cloud computing seems to be everywhere lawyers turn, from email to legal research to data storage and […]
Several courts have held that privilege may be waived when a client sends an email to counsel on the client’s business network, where the business has notified the employee that the network may be monitored or accessed by the employer, and that employees should have no expectation of privacy in communications sent or received on […]