Proposed Formal Opinion Interim No. 09-0001B considers: May
an attorney disclose client confidences to her own attorney to evaluate a
wrongful discharge action against her former firm and, in pursuing her claim,
may she or her attorney publicly disclose those client confidences?
| SOURCE: |
State Bar Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct |
| DEADLINE: |
April 30
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| CONTACT: |
Angela Marlaud
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2116
415-538-2171(fax)
angela.marlaud@calbar.ca.gov |
Proposed Formal Opinion Interim No. 10‑0003 considers: May
an attorney maintain a virtual law office practice (“VLO”) and
still comply with her ethical obligations, if the communications
client, storage of access to all information about client’s
matter, are conducted solely through internet using secure computer
servers third-party vendor (i.e., “cloud computing”).
| SOURCE: |
State Bar Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct |
| DEADLINE: |
March 23 |
| CONTACT: |
Angela Marlaud
180 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-538-2116
415-538-2171 (fax)
angela.marlaud@calbar.ca.gov |