Egg on My Face(book)

The Philadelphia Bar recently concluded that a lawyer should not use misleading tactics to gain access to an adverse witness's Facebook page.  Today, the ABA Journal is covering another juicy legal ethics story involving Facebook.  According to the story, "[a] North Carolina judge has been reprimanded for “friending” a lawyer in a pending case, posting and reading messages about the litigation, and accessing the website of the opposing party."

I was recently asked whether there are enough legal ethics issues involving Facebook and other social networking sites to warrant a CLE program.  I said, "Not yet.  But perhaps soon."  Soon, indeed!

Comments

[trwilcoxesq]

I am VERY interested in pursuing this topic and reading the collective grey matter on questions of Legal Ethics and Social media:

Some possible Professional Conduct considerations might be:

Using Blogs or Tweets with clients, advertising or giving legal advice over the internet to followers of your twitter or blog.

Confidentiality concerns when communicating with clients over the internet or via Networking Channels

Any disclosure requirements to be posted on a Blog or Tweet that deals with legal advice or information?

Any representation issues?

Any advertising issues?

Thank you again and I look forward to reading any and all comments from you.

[Playbook Accessories]

I think court cases adn injunctions are going to follow Facbook around where ever they go, I'm not sure it is really all their fault, how can they moderate what 500 users do or the information they share