The Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct of the California State Bar has issued an advisory opinion addressing the scope of a lawyer’s duty to refrain from disclosing potentially …
No, but it’s a question worth asking. The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas recently considered whether a lawyer should continue using email for client communications in …
A new advisory opinion from New York addresses “[t]he ethical implications of attorney profiles on LinkedIn.” See N.Y. County Lawyers Association Professional Ethics Committee, Formal Op. 748 (Mar. 10, 2015). …
This Iowa State Bar Association addressed this question in a recent ethics opinion. See Iowa Ethics Op. 14-02 (Oct. 24, 2014).1 The committee noted that making unfounded allegations of misconduct is …
Two recent bar association advisory opinions address whether a lawyer can disclose confidential information when responding to a client’s on-line criticism. See New York State Bar Assoc. Ethics Op. 1032 (Oct. 30, …
Under what circumstances is “blogging” by a lawyer subject to the requirements and restrictions of the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct? A recent formal opinion by the California State Bar Standing …
If your client posts a favorable review or comment about you on a social media platform that you control, must you take it down if it does not comply with …
In Formal Ethics Opinion 5 (July 25, 2014), the North Carolina State Bar addressed a lawyer’s obligation to advise a civil client about social media use. It concludes that a …
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released a formal opinion addressing the responsibilities of managerial and supervisory prosecutors. In Formal Opinion 467 (Sept. 8, 2014), the …
The New York State Bar Association has issued Social Media Ethics Guidelines to help lawyers comply with the rules of professional conduct when using media such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and …
