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Can Lawyers Ethically Store and Transmit Client Info in the Cloud?

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QUESTION: Our law firm would like to reduce our paper and physical storage use and costs by “going to the cloud” with our data. Note that it is an incomplete list with Illinois and possibly others omitted.). As you know by now, especially if you live in one of the over 30 states that has adopted it, ABA Model Rule 1.1

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Leaving Your Firm? Aim for a Joint Notice to Clients

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For example, you should not urge them to pack up their business; rather, you should let diligence in their matters steer your willingness and ability to continue providing legal services in their direction. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Again, see ABA Formal Op.

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Suing the International Finance Corporation, and Chicago police’s destroy-or-sell policy

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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court in Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation heard oral argument in a case under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act concerning choice-of-law rules. City of Chicago, Illinois. Chicago police’s destroy-or-sell policy. In Conyers v.

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How Lawyers Should Respond to Cognitive Decline in a Client

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may seem harsh in tethering a lawyer to a matter when a client’s competency cannot allow for diligent representation. In considering alternatives, however, the lawyer should be aware of any law that requires the lawyer to advocate the least restrictive action on behalf of the client.”. Taking Protective Measures.

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