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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Oct. 18, 2018

ABA issues guidance on dealing with cyberattacks

Lawyers are ethically obligated to monitor data breaches and notify current and former clients should data be compromised, the American Bar Association said Wednesday.

Lawyers are ethically obligated to monitor data breaches and notify current and former clients should data be compromised, the American Bar Association said in an opinion issued Wednesday.

“It’s much needed, but I think it’s going to be a shell shock to some that they have to invest capital in securing their firm,” said Daniel B. Garrie, founder of technology firm Law and Forensics and a JAMS neutral. “Without it, you put at risk yo...

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