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Seeking to mitigate the negative publicity swirling around his client ahead of a murder trial, defense attorney Charles Grose asked a judge to expand a gag order to include the victim’s mother, other members of her family and all their online supporters.
Legal Loop: ABA on lawyers mining social media for evidence
ROCHESTER, NY — Social media has been around for more than a decade now, but it’s only been in recent years that lawyers have begun to fully realize what a treasure trove of useful information can be obtained from it throughout the litigation process. Of course, mining social media for evidence has both drawbacks and […]
Take Google+ a step further to increase traffic, build business
A little over a year ago, I wrote about the plusses of Google+, but also observed that it didn’t seem like many lawyers had embraced the platform for marketing. Not long afterward, Google launched “Authorship,” and if you’ve previously been resistant to Google+, it’s time to reconsider. To illustrate its effectiveness, go to Google and […]
Lawyers and their social media escapades
ROCHESTER, NY – It would seem that after many years of convincing, most lawyers are finally, at long last, fully aware of social media and are trying to use it to their benefit. Some are succeeding. Others — not so much. In fact, some are failing quite spectacularly in a rather grand — and very […]
How social media is like a cocktail party
MICHAEL HAMMOND and MARK POWERS Want to party 24/7? Marketing experts Tim Tobin and Lisa Braziel suggest that social media is analogous to an ongoing, Internet-based, 24/7 cocktail party. Their book, “Social Media Marketing Is A Cocktail Party: Why You Already Know the Rules of Social Media Marketing,” makes the case that social media is […]
LinkedIn endorsements can cut both ways
Good news! Someone you went to high school with and doesn’t understand what kind of law you practice has endorsed you on LinkedIn!
Status update
A CLE program titled “War of the Roses in the Digital Age,” put on last month in Greensboro, included the presentation of a fake Facebook page that surprised attendees with its breadth of information and authentic feel. Family lawyer Ketan Soni had asked an attorney who would be at the seminar for permission to impersonate her virtually, using only information found online. Soni, who practices[...]
Lawyers and LinkedIn: a ‘like’ story
LinkedIn is billed as the “professional” social network, which is why lawyers dipping their toes into social media for the first time often start with LinkedIn. The problem is that as far as social networks go, LinkedIn hasn’t always been very, well ... social. In fact, up until very recently, it was a fairly static site without much daily activity worth following.
Resistance is futile: You can’t ignore social media and have a strong career in the law
Ping pong balls kept bouncing into the attorneys standing near the table tennis area, but no one seemed to mind. They simply stepped aside to make room for the college students chasing the wayward balls. The attorneys kept talking and sipping their microbrews. This was a Legal Geek Meetup, and they were getting their networking done.
Who owns your social media account?
Corporate tweeters or bloggers — employees who post promotional and often entertaining commentary on behalf of their employers’ businesses — typically add much of their voice, their opinions and their snarky remarks to the information they disseminate on the company’s behalf.
Play nice on social media, y’all
When Charleston lawyer Gregory S. Forman posted a blog on his firm’s website with a headline that referred to a certain part of the male anatomy, he never imagined that he could be running afoul of state ethics rules. Forman hasn’t gotten into any trouble for the blog, which was titled “Perhaps he has a 2,000 mile long penis” and discussed whether cyber flirting constituted infidelity. But[...]
Court ruling: Company can see fired workers’ social network data
Just in case you needed another reason to be careful about your Twitter pictures, posts on Facebook or check-ins on Foursquare, a U.S. District Court judge in South Carolina has ruled that a company can compel discovery of a former employees’ social networking data as part of an ongoing lawsuit.
Business Law
- Economy forces attorneys to get down to business
- Business Court judges trawl for customers
- Va. company's Web site did not subject business to personal jurisdiction in S.C., appeals panel rules
- Former running back from S.C. wins courtroom victory in contract dispute
- Contract – Government Contract – Qui Tam – False Claims Act
- Tort – Business Tort – Va. Computer Crimes Act – Trade Secrets
- Consumer Protection – FCRA – Auto Loan – Bank Accounting Errors
- Licenses & Permits – Beer & Wine Permit – Restrictive Covenant – Suitable Location
- Licenses & Permits – Veterinarian – Vaccine Maintenance
- State regulators look at car dealer accused of lying to customers
- Textile firm, railroad settle Graniteville train wreck lawsuit
- Subprime mortgage meltdown hits securities law
Commentary
- High court justices cross the line of propriety
- High court’s term was rough on big business
- The flip side of generative AI in law and how to address it
- The fight for equal educational opportunity continues
- Letter From The Editor – Working from Home
- NLRB joins FTC in taking aim at non-competes
- Supreme Court leaves key internet protection untouched
- US Supreme Court bites back at parody’s use of the First Amendment
- My goal: Provide the information that you need now
- Case study: North Carolina courts provide guidance on scope, limitations of attorney-client privilege
- A Different Ode to Pro Bono Work
- N.C. Bar Association embraces homophobia
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