blog law and ethics

Who owns your law blog content? Supreme Court decision highlights issue.

March 04, 2010 04:02

Of course you as a lawyer or legal professional own the content you publish to your law blog. But yesterday's Supreme Court decision reinstating a settlement in New York Times v Tasini highlights the murky waters we're going to navigate on this issue as more and more publishers re-purpose your...

New legal ethics rules not required for social networking and social media

December 31, 2009 01:57

We have no special legal ethics rules from bar associations or state supreme courts governing a lawyer's conduct while golfing, attending Rotary and Kiwanis meetings, or networking at conferences. That's strange when there are more lawyers participating in those activities than social media and...

New Florida legal ethics rules have little effect on law blogs

December 28, 2009 04:42

The Florida Supreme Court has amended the rules governing lawyer and law firm websites effective January 1, 2010. Do the rules effect law blogs? Not much. Until now, Florida considered websites "information upon request" and therefore exempt from Florida lawyer advertising rules. The Court has...

What is the worse legal ethics or liability issue LexBlog has seen in lawyer blogging?

Kevin O'Keefe
October 12, 2009 00:29

I was on conference call last week with a large traditional law firm discussing the use of blogs for practice and client development. A lawyer acting as general counsel for the firm raised the issue of legal ethics and liability. Unlike some lawyers who see blogging fraught with ethics and...

What is the worst legal ethics or liability issue LexBlog has seen in lawyer blogging?

Kevin O'Keefe
October 12, 2009 00:29

I was on conference call last week with a large traditional law firm discussing the use of blogs for practice and client development. A lawyer acting as general counsel for the firm raised the issue of legal ethics and liability. Unlike some lawyers who see blogging fraught with ethics and...