Ontario Superior Court Master Ronna Brott delivered a number of helpful tips for lawyers on how to handle their clients’ Facebook profiles at a recent Ontario Bar Association Institute insurance law debate. The tips, reported in the post Facebook: what will your client’s profile reveal? by Kendyl Sebesta, (via Legal Feeds Blog on February 10, 2012) include:
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The following recent Ontario Superior Court decisions have touched on the topic of privileged communications between lawyers and their clients:
…an operational communication cannot be cloaked with privilege by copying it to a lawyer. Confidential documents containing facts and information relevant the company’s business, that, in the ordinary course of business would not be considered privileged in the hands of TransCanada, cannot become privileged simply because they were sent to a lawyer involved in the matter. The question TransCanada must ask in respect of each document is whether it is an operational report, or is in “pith and substance” a request for, or the provision of, legal advice. The Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association provides loss prevention information solely for the benefit of CLIA insured lawyers. The content and links provided in Loss Prevention eBytes are intended as resources to qualified lawyers who should exercise due care and their professional judgment in adapting or making use of any content.
Cloud Computing, Virtual Law and Unbundled Services – Calculating the Risks | February 20129/2/2012
CLIA, in conjunction with the CBA's Legal Profession Assistance Conference and the National Law Practice Management and Technology Section is presenting the live webinar Trends in Law Practice Management – Calculating the Risks on February 28, 2012. Register soon for this program that will provide you with a practical overview of cloud computing, online law practice and unbundling of legal services and will equip you with tools to reduce the risk and identify the questions you need to ask in considering adopting these practice strategies. Whether you’re able to attend the program or not, you may also want to read:
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