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2 hours ago ago from PHP Hosts
Earlier this year, we wrote about a lawsuit in North Carolina, where the judge friended one of the lawyers, and read and exchanged messages about the case with the lawyer on Facebook. That, obviously, seemed a bit extreme but what about just the plain old act of between a judge and a lawyer. Down in Florida, they've decided that's simply not allowed at all : Whether a judge may add lawyers who may appear before the judge as on a social ...
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4 hours ago ago from Health Care Law Blog
The Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee issued JEAC Opinion 2009-20 on November 19, 2009, indicating that judges may not add lawyers who may appear before the judge as "friends" on a social networking site, nor may judges permit such lawyers to add the judges as their "friend". However, the Committee did not entirely ban judges from using social media tools. Judges may post comments and other materials on their social media pages as ...
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10 hours ago ago from Ubergizmo
It might seem weird at first, but it seems that Florida judges have been barred from becoming Facebook friends with local lawyers because the online relation might be a violation of one of Florida s Code of Judicial Conduct cannon rules. It states that a judge may not convey or permit others to convey they are in a special position to influence the judge . Sounds a tad harsh, but it s understandable that they take steps to avoid problems in ...
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The Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee went over a case about whether judges are allowed to accept social networking friendship on Facebook. It turns out that it is not acceptable. That means there may be some un-friending of lawyers by judges in Florida in the near future. Although the debate points out that accepting a friend request these days are the equivalent of exchanging business cards, but that wasn't a good enough ...
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