Steven C. Bennett, Ethical Limitations on Informal Discovery of Social Media Information
36 American J. of Trial Advocacy 473 (Spring 2013) The full text is available at: https://litigation-essentials.lexis… (with subscription)
Scholarly Articles & Institutional Publications
Nathan M. Crystal, Ethics Watch: Technology and Confidentiality (Part II), South Carolina Lawyer 12 (Nov. 2011)
The basic obligation of lawyers with regard to confidential client information is clear: lawyers must take reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of such information. South Carolina Rule of Professional Conduct (SCRPC) 1.6, comment 18 states: “When transmitting a communication that includes information relating to the representation of a client, the lawyer must take reasonable precautions to prevent the information […]
Tags: CLIENT FILES, CLOUD COMPUTING, DATA PROTECTION, LAWYERS' DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY, LAWYERS' USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS, US PRIVACY
Steven C. Bennett, Ethics of Lawyer Social Networking
73 ALB. L. REV. 113, 115 (2009) From the Article: “This article briefly addresses some of the ethics issues lawyers may face when they use social networking tools”. The full text is available at: http://www.albanylawreview…
Nathan M. Crystal, Ethics Watch: Ethical Issues in Using Social Networking Sites, South Carolina Lawyer 10 (Nov. 2009)
The full text is available at http://www.nathancrystal.com… Open pdf
Tags: ATTORNEY ADVERTISING, LAWYERS' DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY, LAWYERS' USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOLICITATION OF CLIENTS
Judicial Recusal and Disqualification: The Need for a Per Se Rule on Friendship (Not Acquaintance), Jeremy M. Miller, 33 Pepp. L. Rev. 3 (2006)
Abstract: “Legal Ethics rules have become both more objective and more specific. There are already enemy rules for recusal. The recent debacle of the Antonin Scalia/Dick Cheney hunting trip when VP Cheney was a named defendant, and Scalia’s refusal to disqualify himself shows there is a problem. But Scalia was correct, friendship does not mandate […]