CLEonline.com is pleased to present a special online ethics seminar that addresses a cutting edge issue for attorneys using modern technology. The focus of this seminar is to examine the ethical implications of a type of misdirection where there is the intentional transmission of a computer file that carries with it certain 'invisible' confidential information that is embedded in the digital document. The presence of this 'invisible' information presents new twists on an old ethical problem. This seminar will discuss whether lawyers have an obligation to be aware of embedded data and, as a consequence, to remove it from documents where it is ethically necessary and proper to do so. Also, if a lawyer receives a file that contains embedded data that reveals confidential or privileged information of an opposing party, do the same obligations apply as when a lawyer receives a document in a misaddressed envelope?
This seminar features an audio presentation by the instructor/moderator for this seminar, Prof. David Hricik, in which he discusses the issues outlined below. This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar session. The audio presentation lasts for approximately 1 hour. This seminar is entitled:
Ethics: A Practical Guide to Understanding Metadata in Word Processing and Other Electronic Documents
** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
Subjects to be discussed during this CLEonline.com seminar include:
- WHAT IS EMBEDDED DATA?
- Overview of Embedded Data and Its Purposes
- Specific Examples of Metadata
- Microsoft Word
- Other Microsoft Programs
- Corel Word Perfect
- Adobe Acrobat
- THE ETHICS OF EMBEDDED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
- The Duty to Avoid Disclosing Embedded Confidential Information
- How to Remove or Avoid Creating Embedded Data
- The Obligations of Lawyers Who Receive Inadvertently Transmitted Information
from Opposing Parties
- The General Duties of Lawyers Who Receive Misdirected
- Is Transmission of Embedded Data Inadvertent?
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Mr. David Hricik, who is an attorney and an assistant professor of law. After practicing as a litigator with the Houston law firms of Baker Botts, Slusser & Frost, and then Yetter & Warden for 14 years, David Hricik became an Assistant Professor of Law with Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Georgia. While in private practice, he focused on complex civil litigation, patent litigation, malpractice defense, and ethics consulting. He has written and spoken extensively on legal ethics, professionalism, and intellectual property. He is the 2002-03 Chair of the Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the American Bar Association, and was a member of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Committee of the State Bar of Texas from 1997-2002.
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $25.
This seminar is accredited for 1.0 hour of participatory CLE credit (all in legal ethics) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)
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