Legalethics.com http://www.legalethics.com Focusing on the ethical issues associated with the use of technology by legal professionals Mon, 29 Apr 2013 01:07:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 en Lawyers who participate in Internet discussion groups should avoid including any confidential information that could be associated with a particular case or controversy http://www.legalethics.com/?p=23 http://www.legalethics.com/?p=23#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2005 04:00:00 +0000 Peterk Confidentiality California Work Product Protection Ex Parte Communications Discussion Groups http://www.legalethics.com/wordpress/?p=23 Lawyers who participate in Internet discussion groups should avoid including any confidential information that could be associated with a particular case or controversy. Postings that give identifying details about cases can result in problems such as waiver of work product protection or inadvertent communications with judges involved on a case. Los Angeles Cty. Bar. Ass’n. Professional Resp. and Ethics Comm. Formal Op. 514 (Aug 19, 2005).

]]> http://www.legalethics.com/?feed=rss2&p=23 It is not ethically permissible for a Virginia lawyer to keep and use documents inadvertently transmitted to him by opposing counsel http://www.legalethics.com/?p=388 http://www.legalethics.com/?p=388#comments Mon, 09 Nov 1998 02:09:39 +0000 Peterk Confidentiality Virginia Electronic Files Work Product Protection Attorney-client privilege http://www.legalethics.com/wordpress/1998/11/08/it-is-not-ethically-permissible-for-a-virginia-lawyer-to-keep-and-use-documents-inadvertently-transmitted-to-him-by-opposing-counsel/ Virginia lawyers should not keep and use documents electronically transmitted to the lawyer inadvertently by opposing counsel. Opinion 1702 (November 24, 1997).

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