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Source Peter Krakaur|2017-06-26T18:36:23-07:00Nov 5th, 2012|Categories: LegalEthics, Post|Tags: Cloud, Confidentiality, Electronic Files, Security, Washington|
Washington State lawyers may use the cloud to store confidential client information provided that they take appropriate due dligence regardig the online provider and its services. The opinion lays out [...]
Source Peter Krakaur|2017-06-26T18:38:25-07:00Jan 17th, 2007|Categories: LegalEthics, Post|Tags: Advertising, Confidentiality, Conflicts, Disclaimers, Solicitation, Washington, Websites|
Lawyers must consider confidentiality and other ethical issues associated with inquiries they receive through a website. Informal opinion 2080 (2006).
Source Peter Krakaur|2017-06-26T18:38:27-07:00Jan 6th, 2007|Categories: LegalEthics, Post|Tags: Lawyer Referral Services, Washington, Websites|
Washington opinion 2106 (2006) addresses several ethical concerns raised by a lawyer's propsed participation in an online for-profit referral service.
Source Peter Krakaur|2017-06-26T18:41:06-07:00Aug 3rd, 2003|Categories: LegalEthics, Post|Tags: Confidentiality, Washington|
An interesting exchange between the Washington State Bar and the SEC regarding the interplay between Sarbanes-Oxley Section 307 and the Washington Rules of Professional Conduce 1.6. The State's Special Committee [...]
Source Peter Krakaur|2017-06-26T18:41:10-07:00Apr 10th, 2002|Categories: LegalEthics, Post|Tags: Advertising, Fee sharing, Lawyer Referral Services, Washington, Websites|
A Washington lawyer is not prohibited from entering into an agreement, such as that required by the for profit Internet entity that operates a Web site providing users of the [...]
Source Peter Krakaur|2017-06-26T18:41:12-07:00Mar 17th, 2002|Categories: LegalEthics, Post|Tags: Advertising, Lawyer Referral Services, Washington, Websites|
Washington lawyers may use out-of-state Internet lawyer referral services that operate in a similar fashion to Martindale-Hubbell legal directory. Informal opinion 1955 (2001) Lawyers are responsible for ensuring that all [...]
Source Peter Krakaur|2017-06-26T18:41:18-07:00Mar 6th, 2001|Categories: LegalEthics, Post|Tags: Confidentiality, Washington, Websites|
A proposed lawyer web site that allows clients to have estate planning documents produced via the Internet appears to comply with confidentiality provisions of Washington rule 1.6. Informal opinion 1916 (2000).
Source Peter Krakaur|2017-06-26T18:41:19-07:00Feb 7th, 2001|Categories: LegalEthics, Post|Tags: Advertising, Confidentiality, Fee sharing, Washington, Websites|
Proposal by a Washington lawyer participate as owners in a company, in which other owners are presumably not lawyers, to market the firm’s legal services through a Web site raises [...]
Source Peter Krakaur|2017-06-26T18:42:10-07:00Apr 6th, 1999|Categories: LegalEthics, Post|Tags: Advertising, Confidentiality, Conflicts, Fee sharing, Washington|
Proposal to open National Internet Law Office does not comply with Washington state advertising rules relating to trade names and raises conflicts, fee splitting, and confidentiality concerns. Informal opinion 1831 [...]
Source Peter Krakaur|2017-06-26T18:42:18-07:00Nov 8th, 1998|Categories: LegalEthics, Resource|Tags: Rules of Conduct, Washington|
Washington State Rules of Professional Conduct are available online. The Legal Information Institue offers another copy.
