The law firm of Dover, Cleary, and Harper decides to store all of its data in the
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The law firm of Dover, Cleary, and Harper decides to store all of its data in the cloud and enters into a contract with Cloud Service Provider for data storage. The firm does not mention its conver sion to cloud storage to any of its clients. Six months later, an employee of the Cloud Service Provider notices that one of the firm’s clients, a local celebrity, has serious financial problems and broadcasts this fact on Facebook, causing signifi cant embarrassment to the client. The client is able to track the disclosure of her confidential information on Facebook to Cloud Service Pro vider, which obtained the client’s file from Dover, Cleary, and Harper. Is the law firm guilty of an ethical violation?
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Paralegal Today: The Legal Team At Work (MindTap Course List)
ISBN: 9780198851219
8th Edition
Authors: Roger LeRoy Miller, Mary Meinzinger