Sunday, December 18, 2011

Virtual Law Offices OK'd by California State Bar

The California State Bar Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct has issued an advisory Draft Formal Opinion Interim No. 10-0003. It answers this question:
May an attorney maintain a virtual law office practice (“VLO”) and still comply with her ethical obligations, if the communications with the client, and storage of and access to all information about the client’s matter, are all conducted solely through the internet using the secure computer servers of a third-party vendor (i.e., “cloud computing”)?
The short answer is Yes.  But additional diligence may be required to assure confidentiality of communications and safeguarding of client data.


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