The ABA & The Virtual Law Firm
A response to the recent ABA guidance on model rules, ethical tech duties to consider when working remotely. By Rebecca Sattin, CIO at Worldox. The American Bar Association published Formal Opinion 498 on March 10, 2021 which provides guidance for the virtual practice of law. They stress some of the same things they have previously such as the competence requirements of ABA Model Rule 1.1 and the confidentiality requirements of ABA Model Rule 1.6 and Formal Opinion 477R. They now go further and discuss some of the other rules that go beyond an individual lawyer working remotely to an entire