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Did Trump break the law by firing Comey? He hints at 'tapes' in early morning tweets

May 12, 2017, 9:04 am CDT

Sessions overturns Holder's policy that softened drug charges against low-level offenders

May 12, 2017, 8:42 am CDT

Bankruptcy judge slams Weil Gotshal for 'distinct lack of billing judgment'

May 12, 2017, 7:00 am CDT

ACLU files information request after Trump signs executive order for election integrity commission

May 11, 2017, 4:17 pm CDT

Solicitor general nominee emphasizes separation of powers during confirmation hearing

May 11, 2017, 3:22 pm CDT

4% decline in jobs requiring bar passage for law class of 2016, ABA employment data shows

May 11, 2017, 2:27 pm CDT

Help select the winner of the 2017 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction

May 11, 2017, 1:20 pm CDT

Partner sues for dissolution of law firm known in New York for its catchy jingle

May 11, 2017, 1:06 pm CDT

Merrick Garland for FBI director? Republican senator raises the possibility with a tweet

May 11, 2017, 11:35 am CDT

Deposition delay granted in sex-abuse case so job-hunting official can attend the Indianapolis 500

May 11, 2017, 11:05 am CDT

Using unencrypted email in client communications not always enough, ethics opinion indicates

May 11, 2017, 10:35 am CDT

BigLaw firm drops performance reviews in test program; female associates are particularly pleased

May 11, 2017, 10:32 am CDT

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Question of the Week

Do you communicate with clients on social media?

This week, we noted that a Nebraska lawyer was suspended over the nonspecific nature of his replies to his client's messages sent via Facebook.

Some readers' comments to this story on Facebook were surprised the lawyer was communicating with a client on Facebook at all, while others point out that for better or worse, it's often clients starting these social media exchanges with their counsels--this is how they want to communicate.

So this week, we'd like to ask you: Do you communicate with clients on social media? If you object to it, how do you handle clients who send you social media messages? Do you communicate with potential clients via a law firm account on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter and then take client communications to another platform?

Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week's question: How do you guard your personal data?

Featured answer:

Posted by aliaslawyer: "I do my work via VPN, use duckduckgo as my search engine ... but have "embraced" tracking the same way I 'embraced' tracking back when they did it with magazine subscriptions--for every search I do, I try to search for something unrelated that I am absolutely not interested in. (We all have downtime on hold, etc. for that!)"

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