I often come across forums and other websites where an individual having some legal trouble is relaying the details of that trouble to the public via the internet. And because it may not occur to people why this is a bad idea, here are some of the reasons.
Confidentiality and Privilege ? What you tell your lawyer is completely confidential and privileged under the eyes of the law. Your lawyer can?t tell anyone, and he or she also wouldn?t want to in most cases. Your lawyer is your partner in defending your case, and will know what information not to release and what information might be shared. But if you release that information to the public in a public forum like a website, that information is no longer protected. That means you cannot later claim the information was told in confidence to your lawyer, because it wasn?t. You also told the world online.
Working for the Prosecution ? Many prosecutors have caught on to the phenomenon of the internet, and they will run a quick search on you or your case to find anything of use to the case. You may not think you put something important on that webpage, but you may very well have. And even if it wasn?t damning evidence, if you and your lawyer decide to make a different argument in court, the fact that you argued something else as your excuse on a website will be damning evidence against you.
In general, it is important to tell everyone as little as possible about your case, with the exception being your lawyer. Additionally, you never know who is giving you advice online. A respectable attorney would not be on a forum advising people for free without the entire story, would they?
This information is not intended as legal advice.
Source: http://www.notguiltynj.com/dont-discuss-your-legal-issues-online/
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