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What Is Technology?

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There is debate whether the lawyer’s ethical obligation to maintain technological competence derives from, or is merely clarified by, Comment 8 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct (“MRPC”), Rule 1.1. The fact is for most attorneys, however, where the obligation initially arose does not matter.

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    ABA Op. 99–413.

  2. 2.

    ABA Op. 10–457.

  3. 3.

    ABA Formal Opinion 462.

  4. 4.

    ABA Formal Opinion 08–451.

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Williams, K., Facciola, J.M., McCann, P., Catanzaro, V.M. (2017). What Is Technology?. In: The Legal Technology Guidebook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54523-3_5

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