{"id":389,"date":"2022-12-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rm73v2idht.onrocket.site\/?p=389"},"modified":"2022-12-16T22:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T22:10:01","slug":"legal-malpractice-avoidance-tips-be-sure-to-advise-your-client-correctly-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/?p=389","title":{"rendered":"Legal Malpractice Avoidance Tips &#8211; Be Sure To Advise Your Client Correctly On Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Legal Malpractice Avoidance Tips - Be Sure To Advise Your Client Correctly On Social Media\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/By67DqnX33E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In litigation settings, a lot of issues occur where a client comes into the lawyer&#8217;s office and says, \u201coh, well, I hurt my leg and I think we have a lawsuit against whoever for my injury.\u201d But then you go on their social media and see they have a bunch of different pictures of themselves doing various things that might compromise the claim. Number one, you have to adequately scrutinize that to determine if the client really has a potential manner of telling you the truth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lot of questions come up with &#8220;what do I tell my client?&#8221; &#8220;Can I advise my client to change their privacy settings?&#8221; Yes, you can advise your client to change the privacy settings for the use of social media and there you&#8217;ll see the <a href=\"https:\/\/lalegalethics.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/PA-Formal-Opinion-2014-300.pdf\">PBA ethics opinion 2014-300<\/a>. Now, it&#8217;s a little bit dated at this point, but it does give you a general overview about advising clients on the use of social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet Scott Eberle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/burnswhite.com\/attorneys\/scott-r-eberle\/\">Scott Eberle<\/a> is on several insurance carriers defense panels. He&#8217;s been doing this type of work for many years. In my opinion, he&#8217;s one of the best presenters of legal malpractice and how to prevent it. So I think you&#8217;re in for a treat in terms of taking back some good information that you can implement in your firms.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Eberle-S-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Eberle-S-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Scott Eberle Attorney\" class=\"wp-image-378\" width=\"203\" height=\"316\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My name is Scott Eberle, I am an attorney at Burns White in Pittsburgh where my practice focuses on representation of professionals, lawsuits and ethics matters. I&#8217;m focused on representation of lawyers in legal malpractice lawsuits, as well as ethics issues either in front of the office of disciplinary Council, or just general ethics consultation. I help attorneys navigate the issues that come up in their practice and I&#8217;m able to provide guidance on what you need to do to follow the rules of professional conduct to not get yourself in potential trouble with the disciplinary council.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In litigation settings, a lot of issues occur where a client comes into the lawyer&#8217;s office and says, \u201coh, well, I hurt my leg and I think we have a lawsuit against whoever for my injury.\u201d But then you go &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/?p=389\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-malpractice-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.integrityfirstins.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}