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July 20th, 2023
Fla. Bar CTA Program Could Be Win For Solos Across The US
Ethics & Professional Responsibility Partner Tyler Maulsby is quoted in the article, "Fla. Bar CTA Program Could Be Win For Solos Across The US" published by Law360. The article discusses a recent Florida Bar initiative offering all Florida attorneys a free organizing tool to track and make notes on their client transactions and to link the transactions to their bank. The initiative allows for a direct balance of their trust. Tyler is quoted saying, "I can't tell you how many times I've seen a lawyer with a very high volume escrow account operating their entire practice off of a spreadsheet. That can just leave a lot of room for error. And so anything that offers a comprehensive trust account management system with opportunities to incorporate failsafe reconciliations is going to make everyone's life easier."
Despite the many benefits associated with the initiative, Tyler notes that it may put solo practitioner and lawyers inside small firms at a significant disadvantage. He says, "For a solo practitioner, it is your job to be a bookkeeper, or you have to hire one, but still you have to reconcile the account, you have to make sure everything is correct, and you have to spend a lot of time doing that. They don't teach you how to do that in law school. And it's very scary, because the stakes are very high."
According to legal ethics attorneys, a majority of their cases deal with issues that stem from simple bookkeeping errors. Tyler says, "One simple mistake can then compound into multiple mistakes. If there's an error on client number one, it's not caught for several months and then multiple other clients' money passes through the account, that means that error could have resulted in errors on many other clients' accounts. And so now you're dealing with issues with multiple clients."
The program is the first of its kind in the country and Tyler adds that the closest thing he's seen to this program in New York is maybe a free continuing legal education program on how to manage trust accounts. He notes, "You can call the grievance committee, and they can help you through certain cost accounting issues, but a continued resource for your ability to stay organized is very helpful, and I haven't seen anything like this. I would love it if the New York State Bar Association did something like this statewide, but I think the cost would be significant. We have a lot of lawyers, they're a voluntary organization dependent on dues and contributions. And the grievance committee would need to get funding from the courts to do that."
In conclusion, Tyler says, "I think ultimately, any resources that are free or at a very low cost offered to lawyers is a good thing. It's a step in the right direction."
Read the full article here. (Behind paywall)
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Data Privacy Roundup
The AdExchanger newsletter quotes Daniel M. Goldberg, highlighting key privacy enforcement trends. He provided an example of how opting in cookie tracking by clicking a bold “Allow All” button contrasted with declining tracing, which required a more involved two-step process. Mr. Goldberg pointed out that regulators saw this process as a “potential dark pattern.” “‘Symmetry of choice is the idea that it should be just as easy to accept as it is to reject,’” Goldberg said. ‘It’s an area regulators are looking very, very closely at.’” He also noted dark pattern fines, especially with the CPPA could become substantially larger. He underscored due diligence in programs, referencing recent privacy enforcement setttlements and fines. “‘All these cases involve vendor solutions that did not work,’ Goldberg said. ‘In almost all of them, the company did have privacy compliance in place; it just wasn’t working.’” View Article
July 25 2025
SHOOT’s 65th Anniversary Reflections: FKKS’ Managing Partner Jeffrey A. Greenbaum
SHOOT Magazine quotes Jeffrey A. Greenbaum in its 65th Anniversary coverage on where the advertising industry has been, is, and is going. Jeff discusses the most significant legal cases during his industry tenure and the accompanying lessons, the most pressing legal issues for the commercial production community, his most meaningful professional accomplishments, and the value he has gained from reading SHOOT. Read more.
July 24 2025
Companies Sought Help From Privacy Vendors. They Still Got Fined
Daniel M. Goldberg is quoted in Bloomberg Law on problems faced by companies who have relied on compliance vendors to help them navigate new privacy laws. The article stated that vendors operating with little oversight, outdated tech have “left businesses with consumer-facing websites open to fines and other enforcement actions.”
Bloomberg Law noted, “For example, giving consumers the option to disable cookies may not turn off all of a company’s tracking technology. So consumer data could still be automatically sent to a third party for advertising.
“Vendors cannot just repurpose tools meant to comply with EU’s data protection law for California’s rules, said Daniel M. Goldberg, chair of the data strategy, privacy & security group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC.
"‘Many solutions are solutions that are built for one purpose,’ Goldberg said, adding that some vendors’ ‘default configurations often aren’t drafted in a way that is sufficient to address US privacy law.’” View Article.
July 14 2025
