The ABA Journal, in an article titled "Get Your Head in the Cloud: Despite ethics questions, law firms are storing client data on the Net," reports on the use of cloud computing technology to store client data online. Cloud computing offers firms the ability to store large amounts of information at relatively low cost, yet presents ethical problems. Information stored in this way, while accessible to the firm, is controlled by third parties, which may comprise the firm's duty of confidentiality.
Posted by Patrick Siegfried, Associate Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal.
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