International Lawyers Wary Of Crossing U.S. Borders Due To Trump Immigration Policies

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The best step that any lawyer can take in traveling internationally is essentially to remove all privileged material from your laptop, from your tablet, and from your smartphone. If you need access to those materials while you’re traveling, use a cloud-based service.

— David Fraser, a privacy attorney with McInnes Cooper, in comments given to the American Lawyer, on how international lawyers can best protect themselves and their clients when crossing the border into the United States. As far as social media apps are concerned, Fraser said, “That may be something that lawyers and others want to turn their mind to in terms of what’s out there in their digital footprint.”

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