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Cloud

In the Cloud? The Florida Bar Publishes Guidelines for Selecting a Cloud Service Provider

by in cloud computing, confidentiality, cybersecurity, Legal Services, Outsourcing, Services, Technology, third party vendors. Posted July 4, 2017
The Florida Bar's Technology Committee in collaboration with The Florida Bar's Practice Resource Institute have published both a quick start guide to cloud computing and  more comprehensive due diligence guidelines to assist lawyers in selecting a cloud service provider.
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Effective

Florida Bar Releases Best Practices for Effective Electronic Communication

by in Advertising Rules, electronic communication, Facebook, Florida Bar, News, Professionalism, social media, Social Media, Technology, texting. Posted July 14, 2015
The Florida Bar has released guidelines for electronic communication that consider issues of professionalism and legal ethics that may arise when an attorney uses texting, emailing, a smart phone, and social media in his or her practice. Effective
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Advertising

Law Firm Texting : Impermissible Solicitation or Direct Mail Advertising?

by in Advertising Rules, Attorney Advertising, First Amendment, legal ethics, Legal Services, News, solicitation, Technology, texting. Posted May 21, 2015
The Florida Bar Committee on Advertising voted 6-1 to answer the texting question by defining a law firm's proposed texting  campaign as impermissible solicitation analogous to inappropriate phone calling or telemarketing to attract clients.  
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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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