When What Happens Online Ends Up in Court

Poor judgment + social media = 10 Cases Where Online Activity Came Back to Haunt

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. The same is not true of what happens online. With increasing regularity, litigants, lawyers, witnesses, jurors and even judges are seeing their online activities come back to haunt them in court.

Fla. Bar Association Sued Over Ban on Client Testimonials

Public Citizen has sued the State Bar of Florida on behalf of attorney Joel Rothman challenging the constitutionality of its ban on client testimonials in attorney advertising.

The case stems from Rothman's use of the online lawyer directory Avvo, which not only lists attorneys but also ranks them on a scale of one to 10 and gives clients an opportunity to review attorneys.

Rules on attorney advertising in Nevada can be found at NRS 7.045, RPC 7.1-RPC 7.4.