Identify Top Confidentiality Dangers and Approaches and Protect Your Ethical Reputation
The constantly evolving ways we communicate pose ever changing new confidentiality challenges. Stay ahead of the curve! Learn how to fulfill your duty of confidentiality and get practical tools for preventing malpractice and upholding the high ethical standards of the profession. Register today!
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Learn how the ethics rules governing attorney confidentiality translate to daily attorney practice.
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Explore situations that inadvertently create an client-attorney relationship and what it means for confidentiality duty.
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Review limits of and exceptions to confidentiality.
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Listen to our faculty's real world examples and apply them to your own practice.
Who Should Attend
This insightful legal update is designed for attorneys. It will also benefit law office administrators and paralegals.
Course Content
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Top Confidentiality Hurdles
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Metadata Dangers and Email Disclaimer Pitfalls
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The Challenges of Electronic/Digital Data Device Disposal
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Hacking: What to do if You Have Been Victimized
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Exceptions to the Duty of Confidentiality: Shining the Light on the Tricky Grey Areas
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Top Problems with Client Confidentiality Consent and Waivers
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Potential Disasters During Law Firm Closings/Attorneys' Comings and Goings
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