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Lawyers try out Google+ for businesses 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 1, 2012

Tags: Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, marketing

Since the release of the Google+ business platform in November, lawyers have had a chance to try out the latest social media brand and decide for themselves if it lives up to the hype.

Lawyers USA’s Top Ten Opinions of 2011 

Published: January 6, 2012

Tags: arbitration, breath test, drunk driving, Facebook, gestational agreement, health care reform, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Obamacare, parental rights, privacy, product liability, sexual orientation discrimination, source code, transgender

As usual, there were a number of noteworthy decisions from federal and state courts in 2011:

1. Topping the list is the 11th Circuit’s decision to strike down the individual mandate in the new federal healthcare reform law.

The federal appeals court’s ruling is probably the
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Tips on building a Facebook fan page for your firm 

Published: December 29, 2011

Tags: Facebook, law firm marketing, legal marketing

As Facebook’s search functionality has improved, law firm marketers say now is a good time to create a business page on Facebook.

The pitfalls of ‘frictionless’ social media 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: December 21, 2011

Tags: Facebook, social media, social networking

Technological advances continue to make life easier and yet more complicated at the same time.

ALJ rules that Facebook posts are not protected activity 

Published: October 21, 2011

Tags: Facebook, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, social media, termination, Twitter

In the continuing stream of cases dealing with Facebook firings, a car dealership that fired a salesman who complained on Facebook about his employer’s choice of fare at a party did not violate his rights, an Administrative Law Judge of the National Labor Relations Board has ruled.

Preserving social media for electronic discovery 

By: Correy Stephenson
Published: September 21, 2011

Tags: e-discovery, electronic discovery, Facebook, social media, social networking, Twitter

As more and more individuals and businesses participate in social media, the amount of litigation-related information on sites like Facebook and Twitter is rising.

For lawyers, these sites can be an electronic discovery gold mine – or they can be the downfall of a case.

How can lawyers ensure that social media communications are preserved for trial? Conversely, how can they stop their clients from putting themselves at risk of sanctions for deleting information?

NLRB: Facebook firings illegal 

Published: September 14, 2011

Tags: Facebook, National Labor Relations Act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRA, NLRB, social media, termination

Employees who were fired over comments made on Facebook were illegally terminated, an Administrative Law Judge for the National Labor Relations Board has determined.

Facebook messages can’t be admitted in assault case 

Published: August 24, 2011

Tags: assault, Facebook, impeachment, social media, social networking

An assault defendant could not introduce messages from a social networking site for the purpose of impeaching the credibility of a key prosecution witness, the Connecticut Appellate Court has ruled in affirming a conviction.

Google Plus: The next big thing for small law firms? 

By: Sylvia Hsieh
Published: August 16, 2011

Tags: Facebook, Google, legal marketing, LinkedIn, marketing, social media, social networking, technology, Twitter

Some law firm marketing gurus are going gaga over Google+ (Google Plus), the latest social media platform.

Calif. jurors face jail time for social media use during trial 

Published: August 16, 2011

Tags: criminal contempt, Facebook, juries, jurors, jury instructions, social media, Twitter

Jurors in California face the possibility of jail time if they violate a new rule prohibiting them from engaging in social media during trial or deliberations.