News & Analysis as of

American Bar Association (ABA) Legal Technology Rules of Professional Conduct

Strafford

[Webinar] AI and the Legal Industry: Ethical Issues, Privacy/Security Considerations, Best Practices for Using AI - Navigating...

Strafford on

This CLE webinar will guide counsel on navigating the challenges when using AI in the practice of law. The panel will address ethical issues and privacy and security considerations. The panel will also offer best practices...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Who Should Benefit from AI in Depositions: The Client, the Law Firm, or Both?

The American Bar Association’s suggestion last year that it would be ethically problematic for lawyers to charge high fees for formerly time-intensive work made easy by generative artificial intelligence has prompted an...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

New Jersey Weighs New Duty of Technology Competence

New Jersey appears poised to become the next state to explicitly add a duty of technology competence to its professional code of ethics. Proposed revisions to the New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct would, if adopted,...more

Epiq

Key Ethical Obligations in the Era of Modern Law

Epiq on

To achieve modernization, the legal industry is operating off a new mindset requiring focus on efficiency and innovation when making operational decisions. Legal departments, law firms, legal service providers, and other...more

Nextpoint, Inc.

Technology Competence for Lawyers: Ignorance Is No Excuse

Nextpoint, Inc. on

Technology can be a curse or a comfort for lawyers. It promises to make you more efficient, but who has the time to learn it all? (And doesn’t that take away from the sacred billable hour?) Integrating the right tools...more

Lighthouse

Overcoming eDiscovery Trepidation - Part I: The Challenge

Lighthouse on

In this two-part series, I interview Gordon J. Calhoun, Esq. of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP about his thoughts on the state of ediscovery within law firms today, including lessons learned and best practices to help...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Lawyers, Be Tough Customers When Purchasing Technology

Lawyers, ask yourselves:  Can I ethically connect my work laptop computer to an unsecured public Wi-Fi network? What data security measures are in place at the technology vendors that store and process my clients’...more

Lighthouse

eDiscovery, Ethics, and the Case for AI

Lighthouse on

Ever since ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 was modified in 2012 to include an ethical obligation for attorneys to “keep abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated...more

Epiq

More Tech, More Problems? New ABA Rules on Professional Conduct for Working Virtually Provide Guidance

Epiq on

In March, the American Bar Association (ABA) released a lengthy opinion on virtual practice. Formal Opinion 498 states that while the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct allow lawyers to conduct their practice virtually,...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

One Ethics Rule Leads to Another: Technology Competence and the Duty of Supervision

There are two ways lawyers can satisfy their ethical duty of technology competence. One way is by learning about technology and becoming more proficient in the use of legal tech tools. The other is by working in association...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

Beyond Competence: Technology and the Duties of Candor and Fairness in Litigation

Technology competence is an ethical requirement in more than 40 states. Beyond Rule 1 Competence, knowing technology helps lawyers comply with the duty of confidentiality and other rules of professional conduct. For...more

Association of Certified E-Discovery...

Ethics Violations and the Rise of eDiscovery Technology

A Federal Court judge recently told me that when he asked the lawyer about the ESI (Electronically Stored Information) in his matter, the lawyer replied there wasn’t any. When the judge asked if there were going to be any...more

12 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide