In this webcast, our panel will address the common ethical and legal pitfalls associated with the growing use of blogs, Twitter, facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media in law firms and corporate environments. The three unique perspectives offered by the panelists on this timely subject will provide useful information for both in-house lawyers and private practitioners in a variety of firm sizes and practice areas.
Part I will address the unique ethical issues facing the plaintiffs-oriented or small firm lawyer. Issues include the ethics of friending judges, how to ethically use social media in advertising, whether to segregate personal and professional social media use, how to provide legal commentary without giving legal advice, selecting social media based on practice type (one size does not fit all), and the circumstances under which it is appropriate to use social media to publicize events in a pending case.
Part II will address ethical and risk management issues facing corporate lawyers and executives. Topics to be addressed in Part II include best practices in social media policies, the use of social media by employers in vetting potential employees, protection of employee or customer privacy, and how and when it is appropriate for an employer to monitor its employee social media use.
Part III will focus on ethical issues for large firms and lawyers in large firms. Topics include maintaining a level of appropriate decorum without boring your audience, when and how to talk about clients in social media, the danger of issues conflicts and other conflicts of interest, and best practices in law blog comments policies and disclaimers.
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