The American Bar Association is inviting interested parties to register to testify at a public hearing in Chicago. The hearing, scheduled for October 14, 2010, from 2 to 5 p.m., is part of the American Bar Association Commission on Ethics 20/20. The ABA hearing will discuss and analyze technology’s impact on protecting client confidences and attorneys’ use of cloud computing applications for developing business.
ABA President Carolyn B. Lamm created the commission in 2009 to review the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct in addition to U.S. attorney regulations with regard to technology and international legal practice developments. The hearings are designed to gather useful information and may result in recommended amendments to the model rules or other changes in 2012.
If you are interested in testifying at the ABA hearing, contact Kimley Grant at grantk@staff.abaneet.org or at 312.988-5319. She must be reached by October 4, 2010, and you must include an outline of your anticipated testimony. If you would instead like a provide a written comment, it may be submitted to Natalia Vera at veran@staff.abanet.org no later than December 15, 2010.
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