Opinion No. 357 of the District of Columbia Bar’s Legal Ethics Committee Topic: Former Client Records Maintained in Electronic Form Conclusion of the Committee: “Social media is a constantly changing area of technology. Social media can be an effective tool for providing information to the public, for networking and for communications. However, using […]
Ethics Committee Topic: Outsourcing of Legal Services Conclusion of the Committee: “A lawyer may ethically outsource legal support services to a nonlawyer who is not associated with the firm or working under the direct supervision of a lawyer in the firm if the lawyer (1) rigorously supervises the nonlawyer so as to avoid aiding the […]
Professional Ethics Committee of the Florida Bar Topic: Lawyers’ Ethical Obligation for Stored Files From the opinion: “In conclusion, when a lawyer chooses to use Devices that contain Storage Media, the lawyer must take reasonable steps to ensure that client confidentiality is maintained and that the Device is sanitized before disposition. These reasonable steps include: (1) identification of […]
Professional Guidance Committee The Committee addressed the following inquiry: “The inquirer proposes to ask a third person, someone whose name the witness will not recognize, to go to the Facebook and Myspace websites, contact the witness and seek to ‘friend’ her, to obtain access to the information on the pages. The third person would state only […]
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility Topic: Lawyer’s Obligations When Outsourcing Legal and Nonlegal Support Services Digest of the Committee: “A lawyer may outsource legal or nonlegal support services provided the lawyer remains ultimately responsible for rendering competent legal services to the client under Model Rule 1.1. In complying with […]
Topic: Lawyers’ Use of Social Networks Faced with the following inquiry: “May a lawyer access or otherwise use the social network site of a third person to benefit a client?” The Committee answered: “A lawyer may access or otherwise use the social network of a third person to benefit a client, as long as the conduct does […]