To Post Or Not To Post? Conflicts Of Interest/Social Media (2018)

This program will explore the impact of social media on conflicts of interest as they apply to attorneys, along with strategies to mitigate associated risks. Particular attention will be paid to the New York Rules of Professional Conduct governing the duty of confidentiality, the duty to avoid the representation of differing interests and the duty of loyalty or independent judgment to the client. The following rules – and the impact of social media on these rules – will be discussed:

•Rule 1.6 Confidentiality of Information

•Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest: Current Clients

•Rule 1.8 Current Clients: Specific Conflict of Interest Rules

•Rule 1.9 Duties to Former Clients

•Rule 1.10 Imputation of Conflicts of Interest 

Program Faculty
Dauphine Dunlap, Esq., Miller Thomson LLP
Gail Gottehrer, Esq., Akerman LLP

Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession Chair
Mark A.Berman, Esq., Ganfer & Shore LLP

Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Chair
Mitchell J. Katz, Esq., Menter Ruding & Trivelpiece, P.C.