By Carolina Bolado, LAW360
The Florida Supreme Court will see no shortage of blockbuster cases in 2018, when the justices will determine whether judges can be Facebook friends with counsel, if a traffic ticket services app is practicing law by referring users to attorneys, and who will get the chance to appoint replacements for three retiring justices. Here are some key cases attorneys will be watching in 2018. […]
Law Offices of Herssein and Herssein PA v. USAA
In 2018, the Florida Supreme Court will tackle an important social media question that attorneys all over the state are following: Do judges have to recuse themselves over Facebook friendships with attorneys appearing before them? […]
… trial judges in Florida are elected and need to use social media in some capacity to campaign.
“They’re compelled to be social animals by virtue of being elected,” Etan Mark of Mark Migdal & Hayden said. “In the world we live in, it’s completely absurd that Facebook friendship should be a basis for disqualification.” Mark said there are some regulations in Florida dating back to 2009 suggesting that these types of social media relationships are inappropriate, but he noted that much has changed in the social media world in eight years. “Florida is behind,” he said. “I think it’s time for Florida to get with the times.”
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