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Commentary: NYSBA Ethics Committee weighs in on the cloud (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: October 22, 2010
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My column last week detailed the American Bar Association’s Commission on Ethics 20/20 call for comments regarding cloud computing. I disagreed with the commission’s suggestion that attorneys may be obligated …

Commentary: Cloud computing: Not your typical outsourcing relationship (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: October 15, 2010
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As I mentioned in a previous article, the American Bar Association established the Commission on Ethics 20/20 (online at www.abanet.org/ethics2020) in 2009. The stated purpose of the commission is to “perform a thorough review of the ABA Model Rules …

Commentary: Ethics committees tackle social media mining (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: October 1, 2010
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The ethics of attorneys using of social media is a hot topic lately. As I mentioned last week, the American Bar Association’s Commission on Ethics 20/20 just issued a call for comments on the issue of lawyers use of social media tools for client development.

Commentary: Ethics and lawyers online (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: September 24, 2010
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In 2009, the American Bar Association established the Commission on Ethics 20/20 (online at www.abanet.org/ethics2020). The stated purpose of the Commission is to “perform a thorough review of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct …

Commentary: Large firms: Take next social media steps (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: September 17, 2010
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A few weeks ago I discussed the ways in which large law firms can use social media to create an effective firm-wide online presence by establishing firm profiles on the top three most traveled social media sites: LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Commentary: The Internet and the courtroom (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: September 10, 2010
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The Internet is a force to be reckoned with. It has altered our collective reality in ways never before seen, leveling the playing field and providing anyone with a computer and online access instantaneous access to information of all types and kinds.

Commentary: Gain competitive intelligence using social media (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: August 27, 2010
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This article is a continuation of the series in which I discuss how lawyers can use social media to accomplish different goals in support of their law practice. In Chapter 8 of our book, “Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier,” my co-author …

Commentary: Social media and large law firms (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: August 20, 2010
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I’ve been giving a lot of thought to how Big Law can effectively use social media ever since I spoke at King & Spalding’s Atlanta office in mid-August. During my presentation on social media, a member of the audience asked …

Commentary: Blogging for lawyers has changed (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: August 9, 2010
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When I first wrote about blogging for lawyers in 2006, the benefits were clear-cut. At the time, publishing a legal blog was one of the only ways to create an effective online presence, and was well worth the effort expended to maintain a blog.

Commentary: What social media isn’t (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: July 23, 2010
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Over the next few weeks I plan to write about different goals that lawyers can achieve through social media. Each week, I’ll focus on a specific goal and offer suggestions regarding ways the goal …

Commentary: Social media, Facebook and juries, oh my! (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: July 9, 2010
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In June I wrote about People v. Rios, 26 Misc.3d 1225(A), 2010 WL 625221 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2010), a negligent homicide trial that never should have been prosecuted in the first instance.

Commentary: Silence is no longer golden (access required)

By Nicole Black
POSTED: June 11, 2010
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Berghuis v. Thompkins, No. 08-1470. At issue in Berghuis was whether the defendant, Van Chester Thompkins, a suspect in a shooting …

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