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Every law firm should have an internet and social networking policy
Are you, other attorneys or staff in your firm blogging or using LinkedIn or Facebook? Do you/they use a proper disclaimer to avoid creating an attorney-client relationship? Does everyone understand the risks social networking sites pose?
Below are links to an article as well as a sample internet and social media utilization policy that you may wish to either adopt in your firm or use it to augment your current policy.
In this day and age of 24/7 communication, the convenience and extent to which we can communicate with clients has certainly improved. However the risks and pitfalls have increased as well. Every law firm, large and small, should have a policy that guides utilization of IT equipment, internet and social media.
http://media.swissre.com/documents/clients_hinshaw_
online_activity_policy_april_2010.pdf
