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.
Facebook hacker convicted of ‘identity theft’ over vulgarity
Published: July 26, 2011
Tags: Facebook, hacking, identity theft
A juvenile could be convicted of identity theft based on evidence that he hacked into a girl’s Facebook account and maliciously altered her profile, a California Court of Appeal has ruled in affirming judgment.
Legal writing in 140 characters or less
Published: July 22, 2011
Tags: Facebook, legal writing, social media, Twitter
Forget everything you learned in law school about legal writing, because the rules have changed in the era of the tweet, the text and the two-second attention span of most readers.
College student can be disciplined for Facebook posts
Published: July 21, 2011
Tags: Facebook, First Amendment
A public university didn’t violate the First Amendment when it disciplined a student for posting disrespectful and threatening comments on her Facebook page, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming administrative sanctions.
Facebook ‘friend’ requests violate ethics rules
Published: July 18, 2011
Tags: ethics, Facebook
A lawyer would violate professional rules of conduct by “friending” certain high-level employees of an opposing party in a client’s employment dispute, a California ethics committee has concluded in an advisory opinion.
Facebook user can’t sue for disability discrimination
Published: July 11, 2011
Tags: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, civil rights, disability discrimination, Facebook
A Facebook customer could not sue for disability discrimination based on the website’s alleged failure to provide reasonable customer services to users with mental illness, a U.S. District Court in California has ruled in granting a dismissal.
Recent NLRB activity
Published: June 28, 2011
Tags: Facebook, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, social media, social media policies, social networking, Twitter
The NLRB has initiated several actions against employers who have taken employment actions based on an employee’s use of social media, but it has also refused to take action where it determined an employee’s behavior didn’t constitute protected activity.
NLRB aims at social media
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: June 28, 2011
Tags: Facebook, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, social media, social media policies, social networking, Twitter
Employers – including law firms – need to take a closer look at their social media policies and how they enforce those policies in light of recent actions taken by the National Labor Relations Board.
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