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ABA Ethics 20/20 Addresses Choice of Law Issue in Virtual Law Practice

ABA Ethics 20/20 Addresses Choice of Law Issue in Virtual Law Practice

February 6, 2011 by Stephanie Kimbro 1 Comment

Virtual lawyers and multijurisdictional virtual law firms take note: The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 has released yet another issues paper proposing changes to ethics rules that could affect the delivery of legal services online.  This newest paper comes from the Working Group on Uniformity, Choice of Law, and Conflicts of Interest and is entitled “Choice of […] ...READ MORE
Upcoming Events Related to ELawyering, Virtual Law Practice

Upcoming Events Related to ELawyering, Virtual Law Practice

February 4, 2011 by Stephanie Kimbro 1 Comment

– University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Law presentation on virtual law offices, next Thursday, February 10th at noon.  – Unbundling Legal Services: Ethics and Best Practices, ALI-ABA Teleconference, February 24, noon-1:30pm EST. – AVVO webinar on unbundling legal services which will also discuss the use of technology to unbundle and deliver […] ...READ MORE
Death, Succession Planning & the Virtual Law Office

Death, Succession Planning & the Virtual Law Office

January 26, 2011 by Stephanie Kimbro 1 Comment

Death.  The issue recently crept up in a presentation I gave about virtual law practice.  Then, the question that most of us like to avoid came up again on a personal level when in December I needed open surgery myself and in preparation started questioning what would happen to my virtual law office if I weren’t around to […] ...READ MORE
Welcome Competition – Pushing Virtual Law Practice Into the Mainstream

Welcome Competition – Pushing Virtual Law Practice Into the Mainstream

January 24, 2011 by Stephanie Kimbro 1 Comment

Be prepared this year to see major changes in new legal SaaS products that promote the online delivery of legal services.  Also expect to see greater acceptance of virtual law practice by the mainstream legal profession as legal SaaS vendors band together to set standards for the industry.  Larger players in the legal technology industry are diving […] ...READ MORE
CA Ethics Opinion: Duty of Confidentiality & Use of Wireless

CA Ethics Opinion: Duty of Confidentiality & Use of Wireless

January 14, 2011 by Stephanie Kimbro 1 Comment

The California State Bar has published its newest ethics opinion, FEO 2010-179, related to the use of technology in law practice, specifically addressing the attorney’s duty of confidentiality to clients when using technology that may be accessed by a third-party.  Given the wording of the opinion, this could include everything from an attorney using wireless to connect […] ...READ MORE
Legal Cloud Computing Association Forms, Responds to ABA 20/20 Ethics Commission

Legal Cloud Computing Association Forms, Responds to ABA 20/20 Ethics Commission

December 16, 2010 by Stephanie Kimbro Leave a Comment

I’m excited to announce the formation of the Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA).  See the formal press release below my comments.  About two years ago when I was owner of VLOTech, Larry Port of Rocket Matter reached out to me, Jack Newton (Clio) and Richard Granat (DirectLaw) about forming a group to address the concerns […] ...READ MORE
Service of Process in a Virtual Law Firm

Service of Process in a Virtual Law Firm

November 29, 2010 by Stephanie Kimbro 3 Comments

More virtual law firms are springing up that combine a traditional litigation practice with the features of a virtual law office.  Members of these virtual firms use the online law office as a way to communicate and collaborate on case matters and to work remotely.  Their clients use the client portal as a way to […] ...READ MORE
Adapt or Get out of the Way: Standards to Protect Client Property/Confidentiality Change

Adapt or Get out of the Way: Standards to Protect Client Property/Confidentiality Change

November 22, 2010 by Stephanie Kimbro Leave a Comment

Last week during a guest lecture on virtual law practice at the University of Dayton School of Law, the subject of protecting client property and confidentiality of client data in electronic communications came up again.   My prediction (perhaps overly optimistic) is that in the next few years the state bars will recognize that unencrypted email communication between attorney […] ...READ MORE
List of Products that Facilitate Virtual Law Practice

List of Products that Facilitate Virtual Law Practice

October 26, 2010 by Stephanie Kimbro 2 Comments

Updated November 6, 2012 (some items on the list now include iPad or other mobile device apps) In the appendix of my book, I mention a list of current SaaS and other cloud computing service providers with products that may be used in the delivery of legal services online.   I’ve posted some of these companies below.  There […] ...READ MORE
New ABA Ethics Opinion on Websites

New ABA Ethics Opinion on Websites

September 30, 2010 by Stephanie Kimbro Leave a Comment

The ABA has published a short description of its efforts to examine the impact of technology, including cloud computing & SaaS, social media and websites, and has released a new ethics opinion related to attorney websites.   Last week I wrote a post about the Commission’s call for comments related to cloud computing and protecting client confidences.  On October 14th, […] ...READ MORE
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