CLEonline.com is pleased to present a special online ethics seminar that addresses the practical confidentiality issues that arise when a client sends an email from a computer that they do not own-- an issue that happens frequently when a client uses a computer owned by the employer. The seminar analyzes the case law addressing this issue, and discusses the steps that lawyers for individuals as well as corporations should take to protect their interests. Finally, it addresses the ethical issues that arise from "going paperless," including the duty to maintain email in an organized fashion, client ownership of e-files, and the question of who pays to locate e-files.
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 2.0 hours. This seminar is entitled:
Ethics, E-mail and the Organized Paperless Office
** (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:
- Adventures in E-mail
- Ensuring Client Confidentiality
- Misdirection of E-mail
- Paperless Offices
- Some Paper is Still Required
- Accessibility to Electronic Files Must be Reasonably Ensured
- Security of Data
- Must a Lawyer Retain Emails?
- On Termination, Must the Firm Provide Copies of the Electronic Files?
- Can the Firm Charge for Providing the Files?
- The Client Isnít Entitled to the Software
- Plan Ahead Now
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Prof. David Hricik, who is an professor of law at Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Georgia where he teaches courses in legal ethics, patent law litigation, remedies and alternative dispute resolution. Before joing the law faculty at Mercer, David practiced law as a litigator with the Houston law firms of Baker Botts, Slusser & Frost, and then Yetter & Warden for 14 years. 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 a member of the Professionalism & Ethics Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (Chair, 2005-2008); Chair of the Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the American Bar Association (2002-03); and was a member of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Committee of the State Bar of Texas from 1997-2002. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona (B.A., 1984) and his law degree from Northwestern University (J.D., 1988). A more extensive biography for Prof. Hricik may be found at his law school's Web site.
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $50.
This seminar is accredited for 2.0 hours 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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