Proposed advisory opinion concerning LinkedIn.

The Standing Committee on Advertising will consider adopting Proposed Advisory Opinion A-14-1 on the issue of lawyers' participation in the social networking site LinkedIn, including Linkedln's endorsements feature, as a topic of interest among a significant number of Florida Bar members at the request of The Florida Bar Board of Governors. The committee will consider this issue at a meeting to be held in conjunction with The Florida Bar Winter Meeting, from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 23, 2014. There is no draft opinion available at this time. The Standing Committee on Advertising's existing Guidelines on Social Networking Sites are available on the bar's website at www.floridabar.org under "Advertising Rules." Pursuant to Procedures 4(c) and (d) of The Florida Bar Procedures for...

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