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Forwarding Fail: Forfeiting Legal Fees for Emailing Confidential Client Information?

by in Attorney Client Privilege, fiduciary, Idaho, legal ethics, Technology, Uncategorized. Posted October 29, 2019
The Idaho Supreme Court recently held, in Parkinson v. Bevis, that a client may sue her attorney for breach of a fiduciary duty arising out of the attorney-client relationship, just as any other principal may sue her agent who owes her a fiduciary duty, and seek fee disgorgement as a remedy. Confidential
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New York City Bar: Is A Client’s Confidential Information Secure at the Border?

by in Attorney Client Privilege, client confidentiality, confidentiality, cybersecurity, Ethics Opinion, Hardware, Legal Services, Professionalism, Technology, us border searches. Posted August 17, 2017
Attorney’s traveling across the U.S. border may have to account for more than just their luggage. In fact, the New York City Bar recently issued Formal Opinion 2017-5, which offers guidance on dealing with the threat of disclosing confidential client information during a border search of electronic devices.
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Attorney-Client Privilege not Extended to E-Mails Exchanged with Attorney Litigation Funder

by in Attorney Client Privilege, confidentiality, Legal Services, Litigation funders, News, Professionalism. Posted March 26, 2015
On January 30, 2015, in response to a Motion to Compel, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered emails exchanged between defendant’s ex-wife and a litigation funder to be produced after finding that the e-mails are not protected by the attorney-client privilege.
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