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Social Networking: A Legal Ethics Minefield – Part 5

Social Networking: A Legal Ethics Minefield – Part 5

Assume that IP attorney A is preparing a patent-infringement case on behalf of his new client, CEO B.  After numerous meetings and communications in preparation for the case, IP attorney A (and/or his subordinate) becomes “friends” with the client on Facebook or...
Social Networking: A Legal Ethics Minefield – Part 4

Social Networking: A Legal Ethics Minefield – Part 4

Mirroring the increase in social networking usage, new and different types of social networking sites/platforms – like the “tumblr” re-blogging services – are proliferating at a similar pace. Complicating matters further, many of these social networking services...
Social Networking: A Legal Ethics Minefield – Part 3

Social Networking: A Legal Ethics Minefield – Part 3

The ABA is attempting to formulate a more comprehensive response to this changing environment via the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 Working Group on the Implications of New Technologies because, as the ABA reporter for this working group has admitted, “it is unclear...
Social Networking: A Legal Ethics Minefield – Part 2

Social Networking: A Legal Ethics Minefield – Part 2

Despite this dramatic increase in social networking usage by practicing attorneys, the ABA and State Bar Association responses to the use of this technology have been extremely sparse and, when given at all, confusing and/or conflicting. For instance, a New York City...
Social Networking: A Legal Ethics Minefield – Part 1

Social Networking: A Legal Ethics Minefield – Part 1

The following is a twelve-part series that addresses the myriad of potential ethical conflicts for attorneys regarding their use of social media. The social networking phenomenon has proliferated so invasively and exponentially into our modern global culture, that...