The Ethical Implications of Electronically Stored Information

Shawndra G. Jones, Senior Counsel, will co-present the webinar "The Ethical Implications of Electronically Stored Information" for The American Law Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Topics to be covered will include:

• The ABA Model Rules of Professional Responsibility applicable to ESI, as well as state bar interpretations of those provisions
• The meaning of competence in the digital age, including a discussion of the California and New York State Bar ethics opinions on attorney competence in the context of discovery and production of ESI in litigation
• What an attorney should ask about ESI when meeting with a potential or existing client
• What an attorney should know about ESI for a negotiation or meet-and-confer with opposing counsel
• Ethical obligations in connection with metadata, the cloud, social media, and collaborative workspaces
• Strategies for complying with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Ways of protecting attorney-client privilege, work product, and confidentiality
• What can go wrong when attorneys use electronic communications and what can an attorney do in response

For more information, please visit ALI-CLE.org.