The coming months may see an increase in international travel as COVID restrictions ease and a semblance of normalcy (hopefully) returns. Given the relative ease at which attorneys were able to transition to remote work, one “new normal” may be attorneys combining business travel and pleasure. Indeed, anywhere in the world with an Internet connection can now become an attorney’s virtual office.

Attorneys traveling abroad may run into complications, however, when it comes to crossing the border. Agents may ask to search electronic devices (e.g., smartphones and laptops) which, with the technology available today, could effectively permit access to every client file for the attorney’s law firm. Turning those devices over to a government agent could create tension with an attorney’s obligation to preserve the client’s confidential information.

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