It will, inevitably, increase the professional costs of doing business, as advice on processes, systems and procures becomes part of the stable of
standard advice necessary for businesses having any scale and national or international reach.
Because the Impartial Conduct
Standards apply after 60 days, retirement investors will benefit from higher
advice standards, while the Department takes the additional time
necessary to perform the examination required by the President's Memorandum.
Re: lawyers practising in association with non-lawyers: - Absolutely
necessary because: (1) technology will be the basis of almost all laws, therefore we will have to practice with other experts in that technology; (2) records management law will be a major area of practice because, records are the most frequently used form of evidence and e-records depend for everything on their e-records management systems (ERMSs), and they must be compliant with the National
Standards of Canada for e-records management, which
standards require legal opinions, and every significant change to an ERMS requires a legal opinion re ability to produce records able to satisfy laws as to e-discovery, admissibility of evidence, privacy & access to information, electronic commerce, tax laws, and compliance with National
Standards of Canada for e-records management; (3) all new technologies require a legal framework, which means more work for lawyers; and, (4) otherwise, other professions and service providers who now provide «legal information,» will begin to provide «legal
advice» and other services that only lawyers should be providing.