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

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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Federal Prosecutor Resigns After Anonymous Online Comments

Federal Prosecutor Resigns After Anonymous Online Comments

After acknowledging that he made anonymous online comments about the owner of a landfill who is the subject of a federal probe, Sal Perricone, a federal prosecutor in New Orleans, resigned on March 20th. Apparently, Perricone has admitted to making hundreds of posts at NOLA.com using the name Henry L. Mencken1951.
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