Protecting Client Confidentiality Online | October 2011

As use of online communication tools proliferates, it is prudent to pause and take a thoughtful look at how best to maintain client confidentiality while taking advantage of the efficiencies of email, instant messaging and text messaging.   Some recent resources on this issue include:
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• Keeping Your Client's Information Secure, published in the Summer 2011 issue of our Loss Prevention Bulletin;
• Attorney-Client Confidentiality and Email by Alison Shields, published September 21, 2011 on Lawyerist.com. 

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