An Indiana lawyer was suspended for 30 days for blogging about a judge’s malfeasance in the administration of an estate. The court found that the lawyer’s allegations in the blog “were not just false; they were impossible” because a different judge at the time was presiding in the estate matter. The blogging lawyer should have […]
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently issued an opinion addressing lawyers’ review of jurors’ internet presence distinguishing: (i) a “passive lawyer review” (i.e., a juror’s webpage is publicly available and the juror is unaware of lawyer’s review); (ii) an “active lawyer review” (i.e., the lawyer actually requests access to the juror’s […]
Author published a brief study analyzing law firms’ use of social media. The study is part of a broader LMA panel discussion and can be found at this link http://kevin.lexblog… Follow us on& Like us on
Massachusetts Bar Association Ethics Opinion 14-5 [Approved by the Massachusetts Bar Association’s House of Delegates on May 8, 2014] Topic: lawyer’s contact with unrepresented party via social network Summary: “A lawyer for a party may “friend” an unrepresented adversary in order to obtain information helpful to her representation from the adversary’s nonpublic website only when […]
On April 29, Proskauer released the report “Social Media in the Workplace Around the World 3.0” which analyzed the use that businesses and their employees do of social media – like Facebook and LinkedIn – on the workplace. According to the report, around 90% of businesses use social media for business purposes. Around 50% of […]
A defense attorney is asking a Laurens County judge to issue an order to silence people connected to a murder case from public talking or posting about it. The victim’s mother has been posting to social media to remember her daughter. She dedicated a Facebook page to her and she is involved in rallies against […]
Author discusses the reliability of information from blogs and Twitter and their play in keeping abreast of law developments. The full text is available at: http://kevin.lexblog…
Originally published as Ethics Watch: Technology and Ethics (“Technethics”): 2013 in Review, South Carolina Lawyer 14 (March 2014) Bidding on the name of a competitor firm to obtain a sponsored link above the competitor in a Google search does not violate Wisconsin’s privacy law. Under Wisconsin law use of a person’s name for advertising purposes without […]
Author discusses recent statement asserting that e-mail marketing is three times more effective than social media. The full text is available at: http://kevin.lexblog…
Author discusses some tips to get followers on twitter. The full text is available at: http://kevin.lexblog…