Monthly Archives: January 2015

Breaking

Breaking News: Florida Joins the Conversation on Advising Clients to “Clean Up” Social Media

by in Facebook, Florida Bar, legal ethics, LinkedIn, News, Social Media, social Media Discovery, Technology, Twitter. Posted January 28, 2015
The Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee has just issued Proposed Advisory Opinion 14-1, which discusses the ethical obligations that an attorney has when advising a client to “clean up” the client’s social media pages before litigation is filed. Breaking
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Blog

When is a Blog Subject to the Attorney Advertising Rules?

by in Advertising Rules, Professionalism, Social Media. Posted January 26, 2015
The State Bar of California’s Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, recently released a draft of an interim opinion that serves to address under what circumstances blogging by an attorney is considered a form of advertisement that may be subject to the requirements and restrictions of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Blog
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Trumps

Access to Facebook Photos Trumps Right of Privacy in Florida Personal Injury Case

by in discovery, Facebook, News, privacy, Social Media, social media, Uncategorized. Posted January 9, 2015
Hot off the presses...In an opinion dated January 7, 2014, Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeals denied the plaintiff's petition for certiorari relief to quash an order compelling discovery of her Facebook photos in a case in which she is alleging injuries as a result of a slip and fall in a Target store. Trumps
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Guidelines

Florida Bar Repeals Guidelines on Advertising Past Results After Declared Unconstitutional

by in Advertising Rules, First Amendment, News. Posted January 6, 2015
The Florida Bar advertising guidelines, which were revised in February 2014, stated “indoor and outdoor display and radio and television media do not lend themselves to effective communication of such information” and therefore the Bar indicated that it was not likely to approve any such ads even if the ads included the Bar’s required disclaimers.
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