I’m contributing to a public policy paper regarding the risks and benefits to the public from the use of cloud computing in law practice management.   The process has encouraged me to think in-depth about how the general public reaches out to the legal profession for help.  At the same time, I just finished reading Born [...]

A proposed ethics opinion by the NC State Bar covers the review and use of metadata.  The proposed opinion dated January 22, 2009 states the following conclusion, …a lawyer must use reasonable care to prevent the disclosure of confidential client information hidden in metadata when transmitting an electronic communication and a lawyer who receives an [...]