Ethics Opinions

Ethics Committee  Topic: Communications with clients by unencrypted e-mail Conclusion of the Committee: “Rule 1.6 of the North Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct is not violated by a lawyer who communicates routine mattes with clients, and/or other lawyers jointly representing clients, via unencrypted electronic mail (e-mail) transmitted over commercial service (such as America Online or MCI Mail) […]

ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinion No. 96-10 [This Opinion was AFFIRMED by the Board of Governors in January 2010] Topic: Electronic communications; confidentiality of client information; advertising and solicitation. From the Digest of the ISBA: “Lawyers may use electronic mail services, including the Internet, without encryption to communicate with clients unless unusual circumstances require enhanced […]

State Bar Association Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct   Topic: Transmission of information; Advertising and Solicitation; Confidentiality “This opinion discusses several ethical issues with respect to lawyers using the Internet to communicate including, for example, confidentiality concerns when sending email to a client, advertising considerations for websites and the applicability of Arizona’s Rules of […]

Topic: E-mail Encryption, Technology Communications and Duty of Confidentiality “Opinion rules that when using a cellular or cordless telephone or any other unsecure method of communication, a lawyer must take steps to minimize the risk that confidential information may be disclosed. … In using e-mail, or any other technological means of communication that is not secure, […]