ABA Formal Opinion 477 addresses lawyer ethical duties when transmitting client information over the internet

By Admin | Published May 11, 2017 | Posted in ABA formal opinions, Attorney/client confidentiality, Confidentiality, Confidentiality and privilege, lawyer confidentiality, Lawyer ethical duties when sending confidential information over the internet, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: ABA opinion client confidentiality over the internet, Attorney Ethics, attorney/client privilege, client confidentiality, confidentiality, lawyer ethics | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss ABA Formal Opinion 477, which was issued on May 11, 2017. The opinions addresses a lawyer’s ethical responsibilities to secure client confidential information when transmitting the information over the internet. The Formal Opinion is here: ABA Formal Opinion 477. ABA Formal Opinion 477 is an Read More

Lawyer-Client Confidentiality and Privilege: What is the Difference?

By Admin | Published August 18, 2016 | Posted in Attorney/client confidentiality, Attorney/client privilege and confidentiality, Confidentiality, Confidentiality and privilege, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, attorney/client privilege, Bar ethics rules, client confidentiality, confidentiality, corsmeier, Florida Bar, inadvertent disclosure of confidential documents, joseph corsmeier, lawyer confidentiality, statutory attorney/client privilege | Leave a comment

This Ethics Alert blog will discuss the terms lawyer-client confidentiality and lawyer-client privilege are often used interchangeably and the differences between them may become somewhat blurred. Although both terms address information related to the client that a lawyer cannot reveal and both are used primarily to protect the client’s ability to confide freely with the Read More

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