Topic: Law Firm Internet Websites; Law Firm-Sponsored Internet Discussion Area; Provision of Law-Related Services Over the Internet; Communication by Unencrypted E-mail
Digest of the Committee:
“A law firm need not encrypt all e-mail communications containing confidential client information, but should advise its clients and prospective clients communicating with the firm by e-mail that security of communications over the Internet is not as secure as other forms of communications.”
[CAUTION: Issued under the Disciplinary Rules of the Code of Professional Responsibility]
Rules: DR 2-101(D), (F), (H), (I); DR 2-104(A), (C), (E); Canon 4; Canon 6; EC 2-5.
The full text is available at http://www2.nycbar.org…