Many solicitors would like more publicity to help with their law firm marketing but feel the only way this can be done is by
revealing information about clients involved in high profile cases.
Rule 3.2 - 7.2, requires lawyers to «make reasonable efforts to ascertain the purpose and objectives of the retainer and to
obtain information about the client necessary to fulfill this obligation».
Finally, some lawyers, and even judges, are using social networking sites to
collect information about clients, witnesses, jurors, and legal professionals they work with.
Clients, community leaders, and prominent business guests can offer valuable insights and
information about client management, current civic issues, or industry developments that affect the firm's practice.
How much confidential
information about those clients do you have on your computer right now that could help someone gain access to their online accounts — including their bank accounts?
This year's budget increased the disclosure requirements for legislators to
reveal information about their clients, but elected officials can still avoid disclosing client names in certain circumstances.
From time to time therapists may receive requests from third parties to access the client record or requests from third parties
for information about clients.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has agreed to pay about $ 110 million to resolve allegations that its foreign exchange traders improperly
shared information about client orders on an electronic chat room, putting clients at a disadvantage.
A Canadian company probably should not store personal (e.g. healthcare)
information about their clients on a server where it would be vulnerable to foreign courts without the approval of Canadian courts.
The initiatives were positively received by the Russian real estate community, but some agents have expressed concerns that co-operation with the government may force them to
send information about their clients to the tax office and the police.
That is where matters stood until 2008 when the federal government amended the regulations under the Act to require lawyers to collect and maintain
certain information about their clients and the clients» activities.
Swiss banks have been prohibited by law from revealing
information about their clients since 1934, and as a result, Switzerland now holds the largest pool of off shore wealth in the world — US$ 2.7 trillion.