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- Title
Face-Off on Facebook: Judges and Lawyers as Social Media "Friends" in a Post-Herssein World.
- Authors
Artigliere, Ralph; Hamilton, William F.; Hazouri, David; Jacobowitz, Jan L.; Sasser, Meenu
- Abstract
The article discusses whether a judge should be disqualified from a case based solely on a Facebook friendship with one of the attorneys with reference to the court case Law Offices of Herssein & Herssein, P.A. v. United Servs. Auto. Ass'n. Topics covered include the scope and impact of the decision on Herssein case, the traditional standards for reasonable basis for a motion to disqualify and the rise of the use of social media in Florida courts. Guidance for lawyers and judges is presented.
- Subjects
DISQUALIFICATION of judges; FACEBOOK (Web resource); SOCIAL media; SOCIAL networks; FRIENDSHIP; COURTS; LAWYERS; JUDGES
- Publication
Florida Bar Journal, 2019, Vol 93, Issue 4, p18
- ISSN
0015-3915
- Publication type
Article