July 26, 2017 - Legal Ethics Advisor

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Is Email Encryption the New Reasonable Standard? The ABA Opines

by Daniel Celaya in Advertising Rules, confidentiality, cybersecurity, encryption, Ethics Opinion, Legal Services, Social Media, social media guidelines, Technology. Posted July 26, 2017

The ever-present threat to data security in an increasingly digitized legal profession has redefined the "reasonable efforts" standard for lawyers who handle client information. Encryption

[…] of a non-binding advisory opinion, as has been the case with other jurisdictions such as, Florida, San Francisco, and Delaware, it is important to note that Ohio went a step further and amended its rule regarding […]

Remote Lawyering: New Jersey and Ohio On Board - Legal Ethics Advisor on Remote Work: San Francisco Bar Association Advice in Ethics Opinion 2021-1
Not all jurisdictions have adopted the Model Rule version of the choice of law rule; seems like there might be a different result in at least some of those states. See, e.g., NY RPC 8.5(b)(2)(i) ("If the lawyer is licensed to practice only in this state, the rules to be applied shall be the rules of this state").

Art Lachman on ABA Opinion 499 Green Lights Lawyers’ Passive Investment in Firms with NonLawyer Ownership

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