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Tuesday • November 14, 2006

ABA holds that lawyers can ethically examine hidden 'metadata' in electronic documents

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A recent ABA Formal Ethics Opinion holds that a lawyer can ethically examine the hidden 'metadata' in an electronic document received from an opposing party.  See ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 06-442.

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Pat visited this page on Tuesday, November 14, 2006, and wrote:

Extending the wiretapping privilege of Homeland Security to attorneys makes perfect sense.

After all, lawyers are adamant to insist that they be given the same privileges as any other American, whether in government or not.

What they uphold for themselves, however, is rarely the standard they set for everyone else. What else is a law degree good for except government and court privileges for guaranteed Constitutional freedoms.

Surely, they have prohibited others from invading their emails, etc. - no doubt. Because attorney privileges or Constitutional freedoms were not meant to be shared.

The ultimate legal ploy of playing one side against the other - indicative of the mentality of most attorneys, and upon what they thrive - despite ethics, state or federal law.


 



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