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Let’s be friends? FL supreme court asked to decide whether lawyers and judges can be FB pals

By Karen Rubin on October 26, 2017
Posted in Social Media and Internet

The Third District Florida court of appeals got some press this summer when it affirmed an order refusing to disqualify a judge who was Facebook friends with one of the lawyers in a case before her.  The court wrote that “a ‘friend’ on a social networking website is not necessarily a friend in the traditional…

Lawyers on hot seat after using paralegal to friend opposing party

By Karen Rubin on May 5, 2016
Posted in Communication, How Not to Practice, Social Media and Internet

Two New Jersey lawyers cannot avoid disciplinary charges arising from their use of a paralegal to friend a represented opposing party on Facebook, the state supreme court ruled recently.…
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