Tamara Thompson's List: Ethics

Misrepresentation by a lawyer or her agent on MySpace to get access to a private account is unethical.

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The Philadelphia Bar Association’s Professional Guidance Committee recently addressed the ethics of this strategem, cautioning that it is unethical for an attorney to use a third party to “friend” a Facebook user who is a litigation witness for purposes of obtaining information that the attorney might use to impeach the witness.

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Judge Reprimanded for Friending Lawyer and Googling Litigant

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Can a lawyer in City A go to Facebook and change the regional network that she lists on her personal Facebook account from City A where she lives and works as an attorney to City B in order to investigate a witness or opposing party who lives in City B?

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legal ethics social network on 2009-07-09

Admissibility of evidence gathered on social networking profiles in court.

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Guidelines for Ethical Marketing Practices
Using New Information Technologies
Prepared by the
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee
Canadian Bar Association

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"Pretexting, Legal Ethics and Social Networking Sites"

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"20 Must-Read Articles on Social Media Ethics for Lawyers and Judges"

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