The recent decision of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility concerning confidentiality obligations of lawyers posting to listservs begs for an amendment to Connecticut Rule of Professional Responsibility 1.6(a).

The ABA committee wrote in May 2024 in Formal Opinion 511 that “without informed consent, Rule 1.6 forbids a lawyer from posting questions or comments relating to a representation — even in hypothetical or abstract form — if there is a reasonable likelihood that the lawyer’s posts would allow a reader then or later to infer the identity of the lawyer’s client or the particular situation involved, thereby disclosing information relating to the representation.”