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Ethical Information Gathering When Using Social Media

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The American Bar Association Ethics 20/20 Commission and Rule 1.1 provide that a lawyer’s duty of competence “[t]o maintain the requisite knowledge and skill, [requires] a lawyer [to] keep abreast of changes in law and its...more

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Proposed Florida Advisory Opinion Would Allow Attorneys to Advise Clients to Clean Up Social Media before Litigation Starts

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On January 23, 2015, the Professional Ethics Committee of the Florida Bar issued Proposed Advisory Opinion 14-1, in which the Committee found that “a lawyer may advise the client pre-litigation to remove information from a...more

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The Roundup: This Week’s Recommended Reading (Jan 30, 2014)

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From Around the Web - Why Do Entrepreneurs Take the Leap? If sudden wealth is not the likely outcome of starting a company, what motivates someone to take the risk? (Stanford Business)...more

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Friending and Following Jurors: The Ethical Boundaries of Researching Jurors on Social Media

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What are the ethical boundaries of an attorney’s internet research of jurors? Before the ubiquity of the internet, an attorney obviously couldn’t walk up to a potential juror in a restaurant and strike up a conversation. But...more

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Lawyers and Social Media: Ethical Considerations, Problems and Pitfalls

Social media provides an extraordinary means not only to communicate and share information, but also to obtain information that may lead to incriminating, exculpatory and impeachment evidence for use in discovery and at...more

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