Texting your clients: convenient, yes, but risky too
By Sylvia Hsieh
Staff writer
Published: November 18, 2009
Tags: e-mail, ethics, instant messaging, legal malpractice, technology, text messaging
More clients are asking their lawyers to communicate in ever-faster ways, and many lawyers are accommodating them by using text messaging and instant messaging for client communications.
Vytas Rimas of Rimas Law Firm in Minneapolis, who practices patent law, said he frequently uses both text messaging and instant messaging to communicate with clients.
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