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Ethics in Social Media 2013


Why you should attend

Ethics permeates all areas of today's legal practice.  With the proliferation of social media, what types of personal information are companies permitted to access without the consent of their employees or applicants?  How is privacy and security addressed?  The New York City Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers' Association have all issued ethics opinions on "pretexting" and "social engineering" to obtain access to a user's social network profile. In the everyday practice for inside counsel, what is protected by the attorney-client privilege?  How do lawyers safeguard the attorney-client privilege when blogging?  Can and should employers demand the online passwords of prospective employees? What about the online passwords of prospective jurors?  This program will address these and many more ethical dilemmas.

What you will learn

  • Ethics in social media
  • Privacy and security issues
  • Corporate approach
  • Negotiation of contracts
  • Recent opinions from NYCBA, NYSBA and NYCLA
  • Discoverable information
  • Ethics in e-discovery
  • Maintaining attorney-client privilege

Who should attend

Morning Session:  9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

9:00 Opening Remarks and Introduction

Richard Raysman

9:15  Risks of Social Media

  • Social media threats
  • Employee use of social media
  • Managing user generated content
  • Employee social media policy - drafting considerations
  • Employee/Customer privacy issues

Kevin Patterson, Troy S. Prince, Sofia S. Rahman

10:15  Evidence for Social Media

  • E-Discovery of social media network accounts
  • Social media evidence - advising your client
  • Requesting employee social media access
  • Juror misconduct
  • Maintaining attorney/client privilege

Adam Cohen, Richard A. Kupferberg, Francesca Morris

11:15  Break

11:30  Attorneys and Social Media

  • Informal discovery
  • Recent bar association opinions from state bars
  • Public social media data
  • Judges and social media
  • Disciplinary procedures

Ignatius A. Grande, Richard Raysman

12:30  Adjourn

Chairperson(s)
Richard Raysman ~ Holland & Knight LLP
Speaker(s)
Adam I. Cohen ~ Principal, Fraud Investigations and Dispute Services, Ernst & Young
Ignatius A. Grande ~ Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Richard A. Kupferberg ~ Assistant General Counsel, Verizon
Francesca A. Morris ~ Holland & Knight LLP
Kevin Patterson ~ Director and Associate General Counsel, TIAA-CREF, Trust Company, FCB
Troy S. Prince ~ Assistant Intellectual Property Counsel, Pratt & Whitney
Sofia S. Rahman ~ Director and Associate General Counsel, Social Media, Citigroup Inc.
Program Attorney(s)
Seema Lal Meehan ~ Program Attorney, Practising Law Institute
New York City Seminar Location

PLI New York Center, 810 Seventh Avenue at 53rd Street (21st floor), New York, New York 10019. Message Center, program days only: (212) 824-5733.

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Ethics in Social Media 2013 Richard Raysman, Holland & Knight LLP
 
Item# 44155
Location:  New York, NY
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