Ethics Complaint Accuses Judge of Using His Position as a “Bully Pulpit”
The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission (FJQC) has brought formal charges against Judge Barry Cohen of Palm Beach County. Ethics
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You got served – via Facebook?
Is such a statement really a misnomer? The truth is that service of process via Facebook is a real possibility in the near future. The trend began in 2008 when an Australian court allowed a couple to be served with a foreclosure notice via their Facebook pages.
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Are Plea Waivers Involving Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Legal, but Unethical?
The Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee has ratified Proposed Advisory Opinion 12-1, which deems plea agreements waiving future claims of prosecutorial misconduct or ineffective assistance of counsel unethical.
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Checking Spouse’s Legal Emails in Divorce Case = CONFIDENTIAL!
Attorney-client confidentiality is such a revered concept that it even requires a divorce attorney to keep quiet if the client reveals that he or she is reading his or her spouse’s emails sent to and from opposing counsel. Checking
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E-Filing Is Not Synonymous with E-mailing!!!
E-filing is set to become mandatory in all Florida courts by October 1, 2013. While it is not yet required, it is still encouraged to be done in counties that have adopted the software and systems necessary for clerks to accept e-filed documents.
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Poster Beware
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) requires covered employers to provide employees unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Poster
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“LOL” lands Kentucky teen behind bars
After she was charged with a DUI and possession of a controlled substance, a Kentucky teen leaving the scene of an accident, posted “My dumb*** got a DUI and I hit a car LOL.” lands
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Naughty Tweets End in the Firing of a Kansas Attorney
As technology becomes a larger and more crucial part of providing legal services, lawyers and law students have been inundated with warnings and horror stories of what not to do. Naughty
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Update to the New Orleans Prosecutor Saga: Target of Investigation Discovers Prosecutor’s “Extracurricular Commentary” on Local News Website
Jan Mann, a first assistant United States attorney in New Orleans (“essentially the office’s second in command”) has been “exposed for participating under an alias in the rancorous comments section” of nola.com, a local news outlet for the city of New Orleans. Update
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Attorney For Trayvon Martin Allowed To Blog About Case
On October 29, 2012, Judge Debra Nelson of Seminole County Florida denied the prosecution’s request to bar George Zimmerman’s lawyers from blogging about legal issues on a website, as well as using traditional news and social media, to comment about the case. Attorney
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