The Florida murder trial against George Zimmerman is hardly news.  However, the allowance the judge made to allow social media to be used in and during the case is.  The judge on the case has allowed two unique activities to continue.  The first is to permit the defense attorney to broadcast information about Zimmerman online and through social media.  The second is to consent to information gathered from social media sources to serve as evidence in the criminal trial.

ProtectLawyers.com reminds clients that client confidentiality and ethics should guide the use of social media – both internal and external.  Strong internal policies should be developed to prevent the unauthorized and dangerous distribution in confidential information.  Contact a licensed broker to discuss how to build an internal policy and ways to insure the firm from technological risks.