Lawyer Disciplinary Board – L.E.O. 2009-01
Approved/entered June 5 and 10, 2009
Topic: Metadada
Conclusion of the Board:
“The Board finds that there is a burden on an attorney to take reasonable steps to protect metadata in transmitted documents, and there is a burden on a lawyer receiving inadvertently provided metadata to consult with the sender and abide by the sender’s instructions before reviewing such metadata.”
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