Bob Ambrogi notes, “The ethics of cloud computing remains an evolving area of law and research involving it needs constant updating.”
The energetic Mr. Ambrogi followed up by finding several cloud ethics opinions to supplement the ABA Legal Technology Resource Center’s list.
The bottom line looks good:
The good news here is that all 17 of the states that have considered the issue agree that lawyers may ethically use the cloud, provided they take reasonable steps to minimize risk to confidential information and client files.
