Digital Ethics and Attorney Use of Social Media – What Could Go Wrong?!
Date: Dec 11, 2025 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: ICSC Headquarters, New York, and Online
Member Price: $35.00
Non-Member Price: $35.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: For All Attorneys, Technology
Earn up to 1.8 credits, including 1.8 in Ethics! (More Information)
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- Hon. Ronald J. Hedges, U.S.M.J. (Ret.)
- U.S.M.J., Ronald J. Hedges LLCis Senior Counsel for Dentons in New York City and a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. He has extensive experience in e-discovery and the management of complex civil litigation matters, and has served as a special master, arbitrator and mediator. He also consults on the management and discovery of electronically stored information (ESI).
Admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, Texas and the District of Columbia, and before several federal courts, Judge Hedges is a former United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (1986-2007), where he was the Compliance Judge for the Court Mediation Program, a member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee, and a member of and reporter for the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee. A member of the Advisory Group of Magistrate Judges from 2001-2005, he has also been a member of the American Law Institute, the American and Federal Bar Associations, and the Historical Society and the Lawyers Advisory Committee of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Judge Hedges has served on the Sedona Conference Judicial Advisory Board; the Sedona Conference Working Group on Protective Orders, Confidentiality, and Public Access; and the Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention & Protection. He has also been a member of the Advisory Board of the Advanced E-Discovery Institute of Georgetown University Law Center. He is a former Fellow at the Center for Information Technology of Princeton University and has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas.
Judge Hedges has been an adjunct professor at Rutgers School of Law-Newark and is a former adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and Seton Hall University School of Law, where he has taught courses on electronic discovery and evidence and mediation skills. He is the author of “Rule 26(f): The Most Important E-Discovery Rule” (New Jersey Law Journal, 5/18/2009) and has authored, edited and co-edited a number of other publications on ESI topics including Discovery of Electronically Stored Information: Surveying the Legal Landscape (BNA, 2007). He is the principal author of the third edition of the Federal Judicial Center’s Pocket Guide for Judges on Discovery of Electronic Information.
Judge Hedges received his B.A. from the University of Maryland and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
(8/23) - Marissa J. Moran, J.D
- Professor, Department of Law & Paralegal Studies
NYC College of Technology, CUNY, Brooklynis a Professor of Law and Paralegal Studies at New York City College of Technology, CUNY, in Brooklyn, New York.
Professor Moran received her law degree from Brooklyn Law School.
It’s late and, as usual, you are scrolling through social media to relax before bed. A post catches your eye and you know the information is wrong. Not only is it wrong, but you are aggravated and need to set the record straight. You respond with a borderline nasty comment, click and keep scrolling. But wait. That name looked familiar. A feeling of dread comes over you. Did you just have an ex parte communication with the woman suing your client?!
Social media is now a central part of professional life, but for attorneys, it comes with unique ethical pitfalls. From inadvertent client disclosures to misleading advertising, the risks are real and the consequences can be severe.
Join the Hon. Ronald J. Hedges, a retired United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey and technology Professor Marissa J. Moran, as they explore what could go wrong when you use social media and how to stay on the right side of the ethical line.
They will review the applicable rules of professional conduct as they apply to social media and provide practical safeguards that all lawyers can use. You can have a social (media) life! Register now!
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