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Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Sanctions

The legal industry always seems to be late in keeping up with ever-evolving business technology. The lag has little to do with the business of law, and everything to do with the restrictive ethics rules that govern all aspects of the practice. Like those of us practicing in the '90s, today's practitioners are grappling with the ethical uses of yet another technological advance which is being adopted across the business world: The Cloud.

9 minute read August 01, 2013 at 03:52 PM
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Jonathan Sablone And Robin E. Stewart
Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Sanctions

Practitioners of a certain age will recall the days when e-mail and cellular telephone usage were not considered secure modes of communication for the discussion of confidential or privileged matters.

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