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Fabulous Facebook Follies of 2009

By Robert J. Ambrogi

For lawyers, Facebook could prove to be a practice area unto itself. As a place where anyone can be anyone else's friend, where words and pictures land too casually and remain too long, and where people have a propensity to publicize their private acts, the social networking site is a breeding ground for legal trouble. Continuing my look back at some of the stories covered at Legal Blog Watch during 2009, I could hardly ignore Facebook and the many facets of law reflected by those who use it. Herewith, my picks of the top five Facebook legal stories of 2009. First place goes to the decision of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners to screen the Facebook and other social-networking pages of applicants to the bar. As Carolyn Elefant reported here in August, the board mercifully decided against requiring all applicants to give it access to their Facebook pages. Instead, it will decide whether to investigate social networking pages on a case-by-case basis. When and if it does decide to investigate an applicant, it will be looking for "whether they discussed or posted photographs of any recent substance abuse" or examples of "significant candor concerns." Assuming you make it through...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on January 08, 2010 (boomark / email).