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ABA Paper from Ethics Commission has no implications on law blogs

By Kevin

There's been a flurry of online discussion the last couple weeks regarding the American Bar Association's so called attempt to curtail a lawyer's use of the Internet for client development. The discussion is the result of a paper issued by the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20. As a result, I'm being asked what, if any, implication the ABA paper has on the publishing of law blogs. The answer is none. In August 2009 the American Bar Association announced the formation of the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20. The Commission was formed to review legal ethics rules and regulation in light of technological advances and globalization in the legal profession. Over a year later, on September 20, 2010 the Commission issued a Paper announcing that the Commission was examining a number of legal ethics issues arising from lawyers? use of technology, including issues arising from Internet-based client development tools...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on November 08, 2010 (boomark / email).