Course details how the law and technology often intersect and clash and the difficulties of acting ethically in the new electronic world. From spam and online referral sites, to websites and blogs, many attorneys have turned to the Internet to advertise their services. Attorneys also frequently e-mail sensitive information to clients, courts and other attorneys and seldom give a second thought about encryption, hacking, screenshots, or other means of inadvertent disclosure. Further, with the voluminous amounts of electronic documents produced by attorneys, metadata and the electronic storage of client files have become two main areas of ethical concern for lawyers and state bars around the country.
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