You see, in certain instances, a trial witness’s social media breadcrumbs may undermine her credibility and score points for your client. But when the witness — and the lawyer trying to impeach the witness with her social networking activities — display as much combined tech savvy as J-Lo’s PR machine,…
Got a jury trial coming up? Concerned about jurors using social media to discuss the case or conduct independent research during trial? As you may recall from this blog post, if you are counting on the court to independently instruct jurors not to get their Twitter on, well, don’t hold…
Remember when I told you that a prevailing defendant could recover all electronic discovery costs? I lied. Oh, let off some steam and stick around. Allow me to explain. Actually, I’ll let Phil Miles at Lawffice Space explain: Last Friday, the Third Circuit released a definitive opinion regarding taxation of…
A state court judge in Pennsylvania has come up with a new way to afford litigants access to social media as part of discovery in a pending civil action. Daniel Cummins at Tort Talk has the details: The Judge’s page long Order does not provide the background on the case…
Some folks — not you and me, but some folks — can watch porn at work and not get in trouble; they work in the porn industry. When you’re an employee of the courts — a courtroom clerk, to be precise — it’s frowned upon. Oh, you’ll never guess what…
Like you could do better… If When “Facebookutioner” catches on, you read it here first. But seriously folks, let’s talk about what judges are doing about jury use of social media during trial… According to this survey, in which 508 federal judges completed questionnaires, only 30 respondents (5.9%) are aware of…
Courts have blessed written agreements between employer and employee to submit federal discrimination claims to arbitration. Here is an example. But, there’s legal and then there’s doing right. After the jump, how one employer got it wrong. Very wrong. Plus, what you can do to make sure that your business…
In the workplace, messing around on Facebook may earn an employee a pink slip. In the political arena, Facebook faux pas can cost a Congressman his seat in Congress — although it could result in a job with Hustler. [SFW]. But, in the courtroom, Facebook shenanigans may lead to hard time in…