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    The document discusses guidelines for attorneys regarding social media use and client confidentiality. It notes that attorneys should advise clients on managing social media to avoid violating confidentiality in settlements. Attorneys can connect with clients but not opposing parties or judges in ways meant to influence cases. They must also monitor reviews for accuracy and avoid advising clients to delete information or withhold evidence.

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    The document discusses guidelines for attorneys regarding social media use and client confidentiality. It notes that attorneys should advise clients on managing social media to avoid violating confidentiality in settlements. Attorneys can connect with clients but not opposing parties or judges in ways meant to influence cases. They must also monitor reviews for accuracy and avoid advising clients to delete information or withhold evidence.

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    Legal Ethics in Social Media-Notes

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    Iana Maria Diorella Santillan
    The document discusses guidelines for attorneys regarding social media use and client confidentiality. It notes that attorneys should advise clients on managing social media to avoid violating confidentiality in settlements. Attorneys can connect with clients but not opposing parties or judges in ways meant to influence cases. They must also monitor reviews for accuracy and avoid advising clients to delete information or withhold evidence.

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    • Maintaining client a client forfeited a

    confidentiality** or, substantial settlement when


    * confidentiality issues his daughter violated the
    confidentiality term in the
    settlement agreement by
    posting details about it on
    Facebook

    • The inadvertent creation of


    client-attorney
    relationships**

    • Advertising and 2. Attorneys may


    marketing*** connect with clients and
    former clients.

    • The unauthorized practice


    of law***

    • Conduct concerning 3. Attorneys may not


    opponents, witnesses and contact a represented person
    investigations through social networking
    websites.

    • Discovery 5. Attorneys may use cases where clients’


    information on social postings were held to be
    networking websites in a discoverable, and in some
    dispute. cases admissible in
    litigation, as well as other
    cases where discovery
    requests for postings were
    denied
    • Proper communications

    • Communications and other 8. Attorneys may


    conduct between attorneys generally endorse other
    and judges attorneys on social
    networking websites.

    10. Attorneys may


    connect with judges on social
    networking websites
    provided the purpose is not
    to influence the judge in
    carrying out his or her official
    duties.

    * Solicitation 7. Attorneys may


    generally comment or
    respond to reviews or
    endorsements, and may
    solicit such endorsements.

    * False/Misleading 6. Attorneys may


    statements accept client reviews but
    must monitor those reviews
    for accuracy.

    9. Attorneys may
    review a juror’s Internet
    presence.

    1. Attorneys may advise


    clients about the content of
    their social networking
    websites, including the  a lawyer was disciplined
    removal or addition of when he advised a client to
    information. delete damaging photos
    from Facebook and also
    4. Although attorneys withheld evidence about the
    may contact an photos and their deletion
    unrepresented person
    through social networking
    websites, they may not use a
    pretextual basis for viewing
    otherwise private
    information on social
    networking websites.

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