New Jersey lawyers may maintain client fliles electronically with a third party as long as the third party has an enforceable obligation to preserve the security of those files and uses technology to guard against reasonably forseeable hacking. See New Jersey Supreme Court Ethics Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion 701 (April 10, 2006).
New Jersey lawyers must ensure that Internet listings or advertisements on third party websites contain a prominently and unmistakably displayed disclaimer. Opinion 36 (182 NJLJ 1206, 15 NJL 48, December 26, 2005). The disclaimer must be at least equal to the largest and most prominent font and type on the site, declaring that “all attorney listings are a paid attorney advertisement, and do not in any way constitute a referral or endorsement by an approved or authorized lawyer referral service.”
Law firms may use a different form of its Internet domain name provided the name selected is not false or misleading. Opinion 32 (180 N.J.L.J. 654, May 23, 2005).
New Jersey lawyers may not include on a professional or personal website, either directly or through a link, an image of a judge if the purpose is to advertise or market that attorney’s practice. Opinion 31 (180 N.J.L.J. 342, May 2, 2005).
The New Jersey Bar Association website is available online.
New Jersey Ethics Opinions are available online.
The New Jersey Rules of Professional Conduct are available online. The Legal Information Institute offers a narrative.
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