Firms Should Think Twice Before Banning Facebook

By Anne Urda

Law360, New York (September 17, 2009, 1:00 PM ET) -- When law firms look at their Internet traffic these days, Facebook seems to be where most employees are wiling away time, but the social networking site's competing abilities to distract and build business lead some legal experts to debate whether it should be banned altogether.

While Facebook began as a way for college students to keep in touch, many individuals, young and old, now have found their way onto the site and reconnected with people from their past.

“Facebook is great to reconnect with ... those...
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