Social Media Continues To Impact Litigation and Trial
The impact of social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc) continues to grow in legal matters including litigation and trial. The court decisions cut across numerous areas from employment law and personal injury to privacy rights and defamation. Social media use has involved all the key players in lawsuits inclding judges, jurors, consultants, attorneys, reporters, and witnesses. Lawyers are using […]
Will The “It Was Just A Tweet” Defense Work In The First Twitter Defamation Trial?
As mentioned before on this blog, Courtney Love was sued for defamation arising out of her notorious Twitter posts. As the case heads to trial on February 6th, she has taken down her Twitter page. Recall that Love was sued by fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir for a series of allegedly defamatory tweets. (She called her a drug-pushing prostitute […]
Social Media Attorney – A New Niche To Address A Growing Concern For Business
I have written several posts on risk management and litigation arising out of social networking or media websites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Dan Schwartz’s Employment Law Blog includes coverage of a variety of concerns with use of social media and the need for internal policies and procedures. While Dan’s blog covers employment law and this blog covers business litigation, social media ends […]
Lawyers Going Fishing on Facebook – – Is It Ethcial?
Lawyers are all over Facebook and LinkedIn. What are they doing? If they are not marketing or social networking, they are fishing or "mining" for information about individuals and businesses. They are looking for this information to help with lawsuits. The business and employment trends involving social media are growing and as a result we will continue to see a […]
Disturbing Rise in Internet Harassment and Cyber Bullying Part Of Growing Trend
The tragic suicide of Rutgers University student, Tyler Clementi, shows the potential devastating impacts arising from misuse of the Internet and social media sites such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. This incident also serves as a reminder of the rapid sea change that technology brings and how our laws struggle to keep pace especially when it comes to new […]