N.H. ethics panel approves use of cloud computing 
Published: March 25, 2013
Tags: cloud computing, ethics, Rules of Professional Conduct
A lawyer may use cloud computing as long as reasonable steps are taken to ensure that sensitive client information remains confidential, a New Hampshire ethics committee has concluded in an advisory opinion.
Fla. Bar panel proposes guidelines for cloud computing
Published: March 11, 2013
Tags: client confidentiality, cloud computing, confidentiality, data security, ethics, legal ethics, technology
Florida lawyers may use cloud computing as long as they take “reasonable” precautions to ensure the confidentiality of client information, according to a proposed ethics opinion issued by a state bar committee.
Can you make cloud computing work for your solo or small firm?
Published: November 26, 2012
Tags: 20 Things Lawyers Need to Know in 2013, Clio, cloud computing, law firms, practice management, technology
There are a number of ways cloud computing can benefit a solo or a small firm legal practice.
The biggest advantage, said Jack Newton, president of Clio, a web-based practice management system based in Vancouver, Canada, is that “cloud computing allows lawyers to focus on being a lawyer rather than being an IT person.”
Calif. Bar: Lawyer can run virtual office in ‘cloud’
Published: August 23, 2012
Tags: client confidentiality, cloud computing, ethics, legal ethics, solo practice, technology, virtual law office, virtual practice
An attorney may use “cloud computing” to maintain a virtual law office practice, a California State Bar committee has concluded in an ethics opinion.
Massachusetts weighs in on ethics of cloud computing
Published: July 18, 2012
Tags: client confidentiality, cloud computing, data security, ethics, technology
Using a cloud computing service does not violate a lawyer’s professional obligations, as long as attorneys undertake reasonable efforts to ensure that the provider’s terms of use and data privacy policies are compatible with the state’s ethical rules, according to an opinion from the Massachusetts Bar Association.
‘Cloud computing for lawyers’
Published: April 9, 2012
Tags: cloud computing, practice management, technology
“The day of reckoning has come for our profession,” writes Nicole Black in the introduction to her new book “Cloud computing for lawyers.”
Top news in legal ethics in review
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: December 27, 2011
Tags: attorney advertising, blogging, cloud computing, ethics, ghostwriting, legal ethics, metadata, referrals, technology, Total Attorneys
News in legal ethics in 2011 ran the gamut from high-tech – can I friend the employee of an opposing party? – to more traditional challenges, like attorney advertising and judicial recusal.
Ore. issues ethics opinions on metadata, cloud computing
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: December 15, 2011
Tags: cloud computing, ethics, metadata
In a pair of opinions, the Oregon State Bar recently addressed two thorny issues for attorneys: metadata and cloud computing.
Ethics panel approves lawyer’s use of cloud computing
Published: November 4, 2011
Tags: cloud computing, software as a service
A lawyer’s use of third party computer servers to store data does not necessarily violate a duty to protect client confidentiality, an Iowa State Bar ethics committee has concluded.
Vetting your cloud’s security
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: August 9, 2011
Tags: cloud computing, cyber security, security
Cloud-computing has become so convenient for lawyers that security has almost become an after-thought.
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