New ABA opinion on Metadata
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ABA issued a press release on November 9, 2006 about a new ethics opinion:
Lawyers who receive electronic documents are free to look for and use information hidden in metadata – information embedded in electronically produced documents – even if the documents were provided by an opposing lawyer, according to a new ethics opinion from the American Bar Association.
The opinion is contrary to the view of some legal ethics authorities, which have found it ethically impermissible as a matter of honesty for lawyers to search documents they receive from other lawyers for metadata or to use what they find, according to the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.
I have not seen the full opinion, but it should make all of use review our procedure for transmitting documents.
Thanks to Wisblawg!
Posted on 7:15 AM by susan
