The course book and DVD of this 2.1-hour August 25, 2010 program by Thomas E. Spahn, Esquire, are a comprehensive and useful review of the many ethical aspects and issues of e-mail communications. Mr. Spahn is a partner in the Tysons Corner, Virginia office of the McGuireWoods LLP law firm.

Topics include:
ü Introduction
ü Communicating with Adversaries

• unsolicited e-mails from prospective clients
• ex parte contacts with adversaries
• inadvertent transmission of communications
• evidence of an adversary's wrongdoing transmitted inadvertently or by an unauthorized person
• metadata

ü Breaching The Duty of Confidentiality
ü Courts
ü Marketing
ü Communications with Non-Clients

• working with service providers
• donating electronic files to institutions
• discarding electronic files

ü Litigation Issues

• outsourcing of discovery work
• duty to retain e-mail communications

This course contains the first 60 minutes of our shorter program entitled The Ethics Of E-mail - 1-Hour Version.. You may complete EITHER course to earn CLE credit, but may NOT earn credit for both.

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