Why would
a lawyer take such a risk?
Not exact matches
To avoid
such predicaments, many British
lawyers advise companies not to
risk taking clients on «marketing» trips lacking obvious business purpose.
Steps that might be
taken include: A
lawyer should obtain informed client consent for the use of the services; A
lawyer should require the service provider to indemnify the
lawyer for any claims the
lawyer faces as a result of using the service; and A
lawyer should consider buying insurance on the commercial market to cover
risks such as data breaches.
Topics
such as optimism, self - confidence,
risk -
taking, emotional support and physical stamina are worth learning just to stay in the game as
lawyers even where there is no desire to become a partner.
(As pointed out in a previous article,
lawyers are less at
risk of
such a scenario: AI would perform certain tasks, but not
take jobs, as only 23 % of the work
lawyers do can be automated at present).
As
such, without the public, through the government, providing the means for
lawyers to survive and move past 1) above, they simply can not afford or
take the
risks to fulfill the loftier hopes we have for
lawyers in acting on behalf of public interest.
This Opinion indicates that
lawyers may ethically allow client confidential material to be stored in «the cloud» provided the
lawyer takes reasonable care to assure that (1) all
such materials remain confidential, and (2) reasonable safeguards are employed to ensure that the data is protected from breaches, data loss and other
risks.
This requires in - house
lawyers to look beyond the mere legal question more than external
lawyers would, and
take other parameters into consideration,
such as reputational
risks as well as regulator's expectations».
Lawyers help you understand the legal consequences of your agreements and point out where pitfalls might lie,
such as unforeseen tax consequences or legal ramifications, so you can
take steps to mitigate
risks now instead of later.