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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 ...
Tags Client confidentiality Negative online reviews online vitriol responding to negative online reviews
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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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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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