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Dealing with Online Vitriol: Florida Bar to Consider Amending The Confidentiality Rule 4-1.6

by in ABA Opinion, Advisory Opinion, Bar Opinion, client confidentiality, electronic communication, Ethics Opinion, negative online reviews, online comments, social media. Posted May 4, 2021
Online Vitriol: Amending Confidentiality Rule 4-1.6 and Proposed Opinion 21-1 on Third Party Criticism At its recent meeting, The Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee approved an amendment to Florida Bar Rule 4-1.6 Confidentiality that would provide a limited exception to permit lawyers to respond when they suffer an online vitriol attack from a former client ...
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Geo-fencing

Geo-Fencing: Abusive or Astute Attorney Advertising?

by in Advertising, Advertising Rules, Attorney Advertising, electronic communication, legal ethics, New Jersey, Uncategorized. Posted April 20, 2021
New Jersey Opinion 46 Addresses Geo-Fencing Lawyers have discovered the electronic marketing techniques referred to as geo-fencing or geo-targeting and have inquired about the propriety of their use in attorney advertising.  The New Jersey Committee on Attorney Advertising has recently responded in Opinion 46 with guidance that permits geo-fencing with specific limitations. A bit of ...
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Client communication

New Jersey OP.739: Reply All by Opposing Counsel Does Not Violate Direct Contact Rule

by in Client Communication, electronic communication, email. Posted April 9, 2021
Reply All Caution! New Jersey’s Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics recently considered the impact of reply all email and released ACPE Opinion 739 in which the Committee responding to an inquiry by advising that lawyers who copy their clients on emails to opposing counsel will not be able to fault opposing counsel who replies all ...
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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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