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Attorneys May Respond to Negative Online Reviews

by in Advertising, Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, confidentiality, Legal Services, negative online reviews, Professionalism, Rules of Professional Conduct, Social Media. Posted February 22, 2019
In June 2018, the Florida Bar Ethics Committee voted 18-0 to approve a Florida Bar Staff Opinion that “permits an inquiring attorney to post a limited response to a negative online review that the attorney says falsely accuses her of theft.” Attorneys
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ABA

ABA Warns Attorney’s Posting on Public Commentaries

by in Attorney Client Relationship, confidentiality, Ethics Opinion, Legal Services, Professionalism, Social Media. Posted March 29, 2018
The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility (“ABA”) has issued Formal Opinion 480 warning lawyers who participate in online public commentaries (Twitter, Facebook, blogs etc.) that they cannot always circumvent their duty of confidentiality, under Model Rule 1.6, by positing fact patterns that include a client’s information as a “hypothetical.”
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Brightline

The ABA Draws a Brightline for Judges Conducting Independent Factual Research

by in Ethics Opinion, judges, News, Professionalism, Social Media, Technology. Posted January 16, 2018
The American Bar Association’s latest formal opinion prohibits judges from conducting independent research on adjudicative facts unless the information is subject to judicial notice. However, judges are permitted to use the Internet to search for general contextual information and to research legislative facts. Brightline
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Violations

LA County Bar: Ethical Violations Abound When Blogging Attorney Spills the Beans

by in Advisory Opinion, confidentiality, News, Professionalism, Social Media. Posted October 2, 2017
In an advisory opinion considering the ethical risks to incautious “catfished” attorneys, the Los Angeles County Bar Association Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee also weighed in on the potential for ethical violations when an attorney discloses thinly veiled client information on blogs and online discussion boards.
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Catfish

LA County Bar: Attorneys Hooked by Online “Catfish” Risk Ethical Violations

by in confidentiality, Ethics Opinion, News, Social Media. Posted September 18, 2017
The Los Angeles County Bar Association Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee recently issued an advisory opinion considering the repercussions for an attorney who communicates sensitive information to an online “catfish” –otherwise known as an individual who assumes a false identity in order to elicit sensitive information or otherwise defraud an unsuspecting person.
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