Ethics Opinions

ISBA Professional Conduct Advisory Opinion No. 12-16 Topic: Confidentiality; Conflicts of Interest   Digest of the ISBA: “Formal mentoring programs create an opportunity for a new or recently licensed lawyer to receive professional guidance and practical knowledge from a more experienced lawyer. However, both the new lawyer and the mentor must take care to protect client confidentiality and the […]

Topic: Lawyer Friending Opposing Party From the Opinion: “Attorney’s request to be invited as a friend of Plaintiff’s Facebook/MySpace account would be a “communication” for purposes of Rule 4-4.2. Attorney may not send such a communication directly to plaintiff, in light of that rule”. Relevant Law: Missouri Rule of Professional Conduct 4-4.2 The full text is […]

San Diego County Bar Legal Ethics Committee The full text is available at: https://www.sdcba…

Committee on Professional Ethics Topic: Lawyer Investigation of Juror Internet and Social Networking Postings during Conduct of Trial Digest of the Committee: “It is proper and ethical under RPC 3.5 for a lawyer to undertake a pretrial search of a prospective juror’s social networking site, provided that there is no contact or communication with the […]

Association of the Bar of the City of New York Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics Topic: Lawyers Obtaining Information from Social Networking Websites The full text is available at: http://www.nycbar…

Committee on Professional Ethics Topic: Lawyer’s Access to Public Pages of Another Party’s Social Networking Site, Pending Litigation A lawyer who represents a client in a pending litigation, and who has access to the Facebook or MySpace network used by another party in litigation, may access and review the public social network pages of that […]

Board of Governors Topic: Contact with Represented Persons through Web Site and Internet   The full text is available at: http://www.osbar…

Association of the Bar of the City of New York Committee on Professional And Judicial Ethics Topic: Undisclosed Taping of Conversations by Lawyers   The full text is available at: http://www2.nycbar…