A quickie: when you get an email from opposing counsel, the cc line full of email addresses, don’t just hit ‘reply all’ or you might be violating ethics rules. Rule 4.2(a) in the Utah Rules of Professional Conduct provides guidance on this: In representing a client, a lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the […]
Practice Tip: Note to self–don’t hit ‘reply all’
July 13, 2011 by Daniel Burton
Filed Under: Law Practice Tips Tagged With: Counsel, ethics, lawyer, Lawyers and Law Firms, Rules of Professional Conduct, transactional law, Utah
Is there an online duty of responsibility (to act like an adult)?
May 12, 2011 by Daniel Burton
We tweet. We update our Facebook status. We respond to someone else’s Facebook status. We write a blog post. We respond again. And sometimes, we have an “Exclusive!” But do we think first? Do we ask: should I? Would I want someone to say this about me?
Filed Under: First Amendment, Tech and IP Tagged With: Ancient Egypt, blogging, civil dialogue, Civility, ethics, Facebook, Google, internet, Online Communities, Social network, The Golden Rule, Twitter
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