Social Media Law & Order
Social media is taking the business and legal community by storm. As of September 2010, Internet users spend more time on Facebook than any other Internet website, including google. Social media...
View ArticleCourt Rejects Access to Plaintiff’s Facebook Profile
In Piccolo v. Paterson , a Bucks County Common Pleas Court judge issued a one-paragraph order denying an insurance company’s motion to compel a car accident victim to accept a friend request providing...
View ArticleFacebook is the New Ammunition for Divorce Battles
If divorce is war, Facebook is ammunition. According to First Coast News, Facebook and other social networking wesbites are being used in approxiamtely 80% of divorce cases. Family law attorneys are...
View ArticleTweets Doomed NBA Star’s Application for Injunction over Basketball Wives: L.A.
Orlando Magic basketball star Gilbert Arenas has failed to obtain a preliminary injunction to block the airing of Basketball Wives Los Angeles, the ABA reports. Arenas had sought an injunction based on...
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“Lets Go Driving, Drinking!” Online Video Leads to Hawaii Man’s Arrest
A Hawaii man who posted a video of cracking open a beer bottle and taking a swig while driving on the LiveLeak video-sharing website is later arrested by the police for consuming alcohol while driving...
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A Primer on Authenticating Social Media Evidence
As recently as a few years ago, authentication proved to be a substantial hurdle for an attorney seeking to admit social media content into evidence. Recent decisions, however, reveal a trend toward...
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Florida Federal Court Weighs in on Social Media Discovery
In Davenport v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, 3:11-CV-632-J-JBT, 2012 WL 555759 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 21, 2012) the defendant in a personal injury action requested “[a]ll photographs posted, uploaded,...
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