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[Webinar] Ethics & Social Media: Walking the Fine Line - August 9th, 1:00pm ET

Legal ethics in advertising have long been an intrinsic part of the legal environment. It has always been clear that advertisements by attorneys cannot contain a material misrepresentation of fact or law and cannot be ...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

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

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

New Jersey Supreme Court Questions Ethics of “Friending” a Litigation Foe

Attorneys often research adverse parties online to obtain potentially useful—and publicly available—evidence for use in a case. But, as an ethical matter, may an attorney access information available only through an...more

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Friday Links - April 2016 #2

Defense lawyers who checked out the Facebook page of a plaintiff suing their client can be prosecuted for attorney misconduct, New Jersey judge rules... ...more

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Proposed California Bar Opinion Seeks to Clarify Advertising Rules for Lawyer Blogs - California Joins Growing Number of States in...

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There has been some confusion in recent years regarding how state disciplinary boards would – or should – treat lawyer and law firm blogs. While commentators and ethics boards have generally agreed that comments by a blogging...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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Making the Most of Compliance and Ethics Week

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This week, ethics and compliance departments at organizations across the country will celebrate Corporate Ethics and Compliance Week, an opportunity to highlight the essential connection between business integrity and ethics....more

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