MAY LAWYERS SEARCH FOR METADATA IN DOCUMENTS RECEIVED FROM OPPOSING COUNSEL?
A lawyer may ethically review a document for metadata
Lawyers frequently send and receive documents or computer files in electronic form. An electronic document typically includes data that may or may not be visible when viewing the document on the computer screen or as printed out, e.g. the original author’s name, the creation date of the document, and the amount of time spent editing it. These hidden data are called “metadata”.
Legal Blog Watcher Robert J. Ambrogi discusses the question whether it is ethical to search for metadata in a document you receive from …
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