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Three Strikes! Lawyer Lacking Mindful Boundaries is Suspended for Facebook Message

by Jan Jacobowitz in Facebook, legal ethics, mindfulness, News, Professionalism, social media, Social Media. Posted December 19, 2014

A Kansas attorney has been suspended for 6 months for his inappropriate Facebook message to the unrepresented biological mother in a termination of parental rights case in which the lawyer represented the biological father.

Facebook Friending An Unrepresented Party When Contemplating Litigation? Massachusetts Says Okay to Connect with Identity and Purpose

by BarbaraCabrera in Advertising Rules, Facebook, Professionalism, Social Media. Posted September 7, 2014

The Massachusetts Bar Association recently advised that a lawyer seeking to investigate an unrepresented party’s social networking site for information that may assist the lawyer in advising his client prior to initiating litigation, may do so—if the lawyer identifies himself as the adverse party’s lawyer. Facebook

Advising Clients on Social Media: Okay to “Clean Up” a Facebook Account? How About a Little More Privacy?

by Paige Rivkind in Facebook, Professionalism, Social Media. Posted August 1, 2014

Information posted on social media websites has provided evidentiary fodder for many legal claims and raised controversial questions as to what a lawyer may advise a client regarding the removal and preservation of damaging information from a social media account. Advising

[…] of a non-binding advisory opinion, as has been the case with other jurisdictions such as, Florida, San Francisco, and Delaware, it is important to note that Ohio went a step further and amended its rule regarding […]

Remote Lawyering: New Jersey and Ohio On Board - Legal Ethics Advisor on Remote Work: San Francisco Bar Association Advice in Ethics Opinion 2021-1
Not all jurisdictions have adopted the Model Rule version of the choice of law rule; seems like there might be a different result in at least some of those states. See, e.g., NY RPC 8.5(b)(2)(i) ("If the lawyer is licensed to practice only in this state, the rules to be applied shall be the rules of this state").

Art Lachman on ABA Opinion 499 Green Lights Lawyers’ Passive Investment in Firms with NonLawyer Ownership

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