Lawyers Receiving Electronic Documents are Free to Examine 'Hidden' Metadata: ABA Ethics Opinion
Wednesday, February 28
- Organization: www.abanews.org
- Link: http://www.abanet.org
- Source: Colorado
CHICAGO, Nov. 9, 2006 — Lawyers who receive electronic documents are free to look for and use information hidden in metadata – information embedded in electronically produced documents – even if the documents were provided by an opposing lawyer, according to a new ethics opinion from the American Bar Association.
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