Florida Bar

remote work

Florida Approves Remote Work in Opinion SC20-1220

by in ABA Opinion, Advisory Opinion, Florida, Florida Bar, Florida Supreme Court, UPL. Posted May 28, 2021
New Jersey Lawyer May Work Remotely from Florida On May 20, 2021, the Florida Supreme Court approved an UPL Advisory Opinion that was filed with the Court in August 2020 and responded to a New Jersey Attorney’s inquiry as to whether he could practice New Jersey law from Florida without violating the unauthorized practice of ...
Tags Remote work Rule 5.5
Read more
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
Read more
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
Read more