I Can Tell When You're Telling Lies: Metadata in Litigation and Transactional Practice

Hricik, David

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I Can Tell When You're Telling Lies: Metadata in Litigation and Transactional Practice

David C. Hricik

Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law

Journal of Legal Profession, Vol. 30, p. 79, 2006

Abstract:
This article analyzes the ethical duties arising from metadata and other embedded data that accompanies Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, and other computer files. It analyzes how the duty of competency requires lawyers to remove embedded data, and describes how the duty of confidentiality and fairness to opposing counsel may require lawyers to notify the sender of a document containing metadata of its receipt.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 23

Keywords: metadata, legal ethics, legal malpractice, Microsoft Word

JEL Classification: K40, K41

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Date posted: July 31, 2006

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Hricik, David C., I Can Tell When You're Telling Lies: Metadata in Litigation and Transactional Practice. Journal of Legal Profession, Vol. 30, p. 79, 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=920181

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David C. Hricik (Contact Author)

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Macon, GA 31207-0001
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