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Cybertraps for Law Students
(and Young Lawyers)
Frederick S. Lane
1L Seminar SeriesVermont Law School
23 March 2011www.FrederickLane.c
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Lecture Overview
• Introduction• Intellectual Property Cybertraps• Electronic Communications Cybertraps• Blogging and Social Networking
Cybertraps• Electronic Investigation Cybertraps• Criminal Cybertraps• More Resources
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Introduction• Attorney,
Educational Consultant & Lecturer
www.FrederickLane.com
Introduction• Attorney,
Educational Consultant & Lecturer
• Author of 6 Books
www.FrederickLane.com
Introduction• Attorney,
Educational Consultant & Lecturer
• Author of 6 Books• Computer Forensics
Expert
www.FrederickLane.com
Introduction• Attorney,
Educational Consultant & Lecturer
• Author of 6 Books• Computer Forensics
Expert• 10 Years --
Burlington (VT) School Board
www.FrederickLane.com
Introduction• Attorney, Educational
Consultant & Lecturer• Author of 6 Books• Computer Forensics
Expert• 10 Years -- Burlington
(VT) School Board• Technology & Privacy
Specialist
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Introduction• Attorney,
Educational Consultant & Lecturer
• Author of 6 Books• Computer Forensics
Expert• 10 Years --
Burlington (VT) School Board
• Technology & Privacy Specialist
• Student Safety Advocate
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Intellectual Property Cybertraps
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• Academic Honesty• Copyright Infringement – Web sites– Text and/or images
• Trademark Infringement–Web site names, online IDs
• Identity Theft• Personal Intellectual Property Theft
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Electronic Communication Cybertraps
• A Duty of Confidentiality• There Is Only One Secure Form of
Communication• Electronic Communication Is Inherently
Insecure … and Ephemeral• Brevity Can Be Ambiguous• “Reply All” – and the Ethics of
Misdelivered Communications• When Will You Have Time to Think?
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Blogging & Social Networking Cybertraps
• What’s the Status of Your Online Brand?• Are Your Posts Protected by the First
Amendment?• Do Your Posts Reveal Client Information?• Do Your Posts Constitute the Practice of
Law?• Should You “Friend” Your Clients,
Opposing Counsel, Witnesses, Jurors, or Judges?
• Do Your Social Network Activities Constitute “Advertising”?
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Electronic Investigation Cybertraps
• You’re An Attorney, Not a Witness• Even If Information Is Publicly Available,
Someone Else Has to Retrieve It• The Actions of Your Investigator May Be
Imputed to You• Disclosure May Be Required Before
“Friending” an Investigative Target• Overlooking Online Material May Subject
an Attorney to Malpractice Charges
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Criminal Cybertraps
• Fraud• Theft of Trade Secrets• Misuse of Client Information/Evidence• Hacking• Prostitution and Solicitation for Sexual
Purposes• Solicitation of Minors• Child Pornography
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More Resources
• Professors and Law School• State Bar Associations• State Ethics Panels• American Bar Association• Search Engines:– “Attorney charged computer
____________”– “Lawyer ethics online”
Cybertraps for Law Students
(and Young Lawyers)
Frederick S. Lane
1L Seminar SeriesVermont Law School
23 March 2011www.FrederickLane.c
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