Topic: Review and Use of Metadata
Summary:
“Opinion rules that a lawyer must use reasonable care to prevent the disclosure of confidential client information hidden in metadata when transmitting an electronic communication and a lawyer who receives an electronic communication from another party or another party’s lawyer must refrain from searching for and using confidential information found in the metadata embedded in the document.”
Rules: 1.6; 8.4; and 4.4
Referenced Authority: North Carolina State Bar, Formal Ethics Opinion 215
The full text is available at http://www.ncbar.com…