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"Is the ABA Trying to Kill Lawyer Blogs, Facebook Profiles, Twitter Updates, Forum Posts and Lawyer Websites?"

This post was written by Enrico Schaefer: "My friend Larry Bodine over at the Law Marketing Blog sent this email, which I immediately found both distressing and annoying.  The American Bar Association, affectionately known as the ABA, apparently formed a working group "on the implication of new technologies."  The ABA Commission on Ethics is currently receiving comments in order to "supplement its research" concerning the following issues:

    A.    Online Social and Professional Networking Services
            1.    Identifying the Line Between Personal Communications and Lawyer Advertising.
            2.    Inadvertent Lawyer-Client Relationships
            3.    Lawyers "Friending" Judges
            4.    Gathering Information Through Networking Websites
    B.    Blogging
    C.    "Pay-per-click" advertising
    D.    Lawyer websites
            1.    False or Misleading Statements on Websites
            2.    Inadvertent Lawyer-Client Relationships
            3.    Giving Legal Advice
            4.    Confidential Information on Websites

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Source: The Greatest American Lawyer, 29 October 2010,  reproduced with permission of the author.

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on November 02, 2010 (boomark / email).