Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jul. 11, 2015
State Bar ethics opinion warns lawyers to learn e-discovery or find help
Failing to oversee e-discovery of electronically stored information properly can amount to incompetence in some situations. Attorneys must learn how, hire experts or decline cases, according to the new opinion.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Lawyers faced with discovery requests for electronic information don't need to know
the ins and outs of metadata and search algorithms, according to a new ethics opinion
from the State Bar. But if they don't, they'd better get help from someone who does.
"An attorney lacking the required competence for e-...
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