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Another Controversial Tweet, Another Lawyer Facing Career Repercussions

by in legalethics, Social Media, Twitter. Posted March 16, 2022
Controversial tweets and posts about current events on various social media platforms has resulted in career repercussions for many lawyers and judges. Whether it is loss of employment, a judicial reprimand, or a suspension—It is a fact of our digital existence that lawyers and judges posting controversial tweets or posts about current events may suffer damage to their careers. ...
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LOUISIANA LAWYER’S “SOCIAL MEDIA BLITZ”: First Amendment Right or Misleading &Impermissible Attempt to Influence the Judiciary?

by in First Amendment, News, Professionalism, Social Media, Twitter. Posted March 30, 2015
An attorney, representing a woman alleging sexual abuse by the father in a custody and visitation battle, allegedly waged a social media attack on two judges involved in the case based upon the attorney’s frustration with the lack of progress in the case. louisiana
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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
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A Prosecutor’s Right to Tweet?

by in Professionalism, Social Media, Twitter. Posted January 22, 2014
On December 17, 2013, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, held that a prosecutor’s public twitter comments—even where arguably inappropriate and improper pursuant to the Missouri Supreme Court Rules of Professional Conduct—do not justify reversal of a verdict when there is no evidence that the jury is aware of or influenced by those comments. Tweet
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Target of Investigation Discovers Prosecutor's “Extracurricular Commentary” on Local News Website

Update to the New Orleans Prosecutor Saga: Target of Investigation Discovers Prosecutor’s “Extracurricular Commentary” on Local News Website

by in Facebook, First Amendment, LinkedIn, News, Other, Professionalism, Social Media, Technology, Twitter. Posted December 2, 2012
Jan Mann, a first assistant United States attorney in New Orleans (“essentially the office’s second in command”) has been “exposed for participating under an alias in the rancorous comments section” of nola.com, a local news outlet for the city of New Orleans. Update
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