Categories : Legal Ethics
Ethical Roadmap for Data Breach or Cyberattack
By Carole Buckner
ABA Formal Opinion 483 provides a roadmap regarding a lawyer’s ethical obligations following a cyberattack or data breach involving confidential client information, where such information is misappropriated, destroyed or otherwise compromised, or where the data event impairs the lawyer’s ability to perform client services. The ethical obligations of lawyers following a data breach depend on the lawyer’s role, level of authority, and responsibility in the operation of a law firm.