You know you’re in for a laugh when the blogosphere gets hold of a law firm’s social media policy that “reads like the Patriot Act.”
New York City-based global law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy implemented a new social media policy in May that Joe Patrice for Above the Law recently picked apart. Milbank’s policy warns employees that contributing to Internet forums and social media sites can leave the firm wide open to “personal and professional embarrassment, breaches of confidentiality, real or perceived violations of privacy and identity theft, and the risk of publishing views or information that may be inconsistent with the interests of one or more Firm clients, among other hazards.”
