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Leaving Your Firm? Aim for a Joint Notice to Clients

Attorney at Work

Be sure to examine your own jurisdiction’s rules, ethics opinions, and case law, and look for any templates that may help you draft your notice. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.

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Court Declines To Compel Employer To Produce Data from Employees’ Personal Mobile Devices

Discovery Advocate

Even where a court rules that a company does not have possession, custody or control of an employee’s text messages pursuant to its BYOD policy or other factors, those text messages still may be discoverable through a subpoena to the employee directly. Link to District Circuit Decision

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Court Declines To Compel Employer To Produce Data from Employees’ Personal Mobile Devices

Discovery Advocate

Even where a court rules that a company does not have possession, custody or control of an employee’s text messages pursuant to its BYOD policy or other factors, those text messages still may be discoverable through a subpoena to the employee directly. Link to District Circuit Decision

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11 ChatGPT Prompts to Transforming Your Legal Practice

Lawmatics

Platforms like Casetext harness AI to help legal professionals locate pertinent case law, statutes, and regulations swiftly. Blue J L&E reconsiders legal research and analysis, using AI to predict case outcomes and probe complex legal issues—analyzing factors and outcomes, not merely keywords.

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Legal Ethics & Malpractice Reporter, Vol. 5, No. 9

Joseph, Hollander & Craft

the rule of confidentiality? The questions arose from the shift to electronic filing in Nebraska and a local court rule that required lawyers to file itemized billing statements with the court. The lawyers’ questions arose from a seeming conflict between this rule and Nebraska ethics rule 3-501.6

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Redefining Data Privacy: Germany’s Landmark Ruling on Facebook’s Data Breach Case

Complex Discovery

Meta has expressed concerns about the ruling’s consistency with European Court of Justice case law but reiterated its commitment to safeguarding user data. Corporate Responsibility and Future Compliance The judgment serves as a wake-up call for technology companies to reevaluate their data protection strategies.

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Does the Prosecution of a Topless Woman Expose Gender Inequality in Minnesota Law?

Practice of Law

He criticized the majority’s reliance on existing case law due to changes in societal norms and the statutory exemption for breastfeeding. The court will also consider whether the law is applied equally to men and women, addressing potential constitutional issues of equal protection.