A recent ethics opinion by the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics is the latest example of how computers and the Internet have changed the practice of law.
In Formal Opinion 2010-2, the committee said on Sept. 29 that neither a lawyer nor someone working for her could resort to false pretenses, “trickery” or deception — such as creating a phony Facebook account and “friending” a potential witness — to obtain evidence from a social networking site.
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