Ethical rules require attorneys to strictly maintain client secrets and take every effort to safeguard those secrets. So should you worry if your lawyer keeps your client information on a laptop computer, an i-Pad, netbook, cell phone or USB device? Is that data safe so long as the device is “Is Your Data Safe in Your Lawyer’s Laptop? Not if the Lawyer Travels.”
Attorneys must Advise Criminal Defendants on Immigration Law
The United States Supreme Court just held that a criminal defense attorney must provide advice in this specialized area in those cases in which the law is “succinct and straightforward.” The Court noted that changes to immigration law have dramatically raised the stakes of a noncitizen’s criminal conviction. Immigration reforms “Attorneys must Advise Criminal Defendants on Immigration Law”
D.A. Boycotts San Diego Criminal Trial Judge
Local attorneys and judges are mystified as to why San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis ordered her prosecutors to file peremptory challenges in all criminal cases assigned to the Honorable Judge John S. Einhorn. Judge Einhorn is known as a tough, smart judge who routinely handles complex, high-profile criminal matters. “D.A. Boycotts San Diego Criminal Trial Judge”