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Category Archives: Facebook
Serving Defendants Through Facebook
People have been served with notices to appear by courts in other countries and now it has happened in the United States. Here, Federal Court judge Paul Engelmayer has allowed U.S. Government lawyers to serve Indian lawyers through Facebook. Also … Continue reading
Lawyers Beware: Social Media Can Bite You!
AutoNation, the largest car retailer in the U.S. features a big, fat Facebook button right on its homepage. I clicked on it and went to their Facebook page which is very active and includes their promotion videos, announcements of their … Continue reading
Tip of the Week: No Client Underwear on Your Facebook Page!
Seriously, a public defender snapped a photo of her client’s leopard print underwear and posted it on her personal Facebook page and got her client a mistrial at the price of her job. Facebook Isn’t Private & It Isn’t Yours … Continue reading
Facebook Complaining a Favorite Pastime
Bashing Facebook has become a surefire conversation starter. Its even better than talking about the sitcoms you watched as kids! But Everybody Does It We all bash Facebook but still use it. Many people are on Facebook many hours of … Continue reading
Facebook “Like” Isn’t Speech?
I’m not a judge and I don’t pretend to be one but I’m sorry this ruling by the Eastern District Court of Virginia seems flatly wrong to me. Here are the facts of the case. A sheriff found out that employees … Continue reading
Cross-posting Google+ to Facebook?
In my last post I mentioned a post that showed you how to cross post a Google+ comment to Facebook – in 9 steps! Today I read Kevin O’Keefe’s post about how Google+ was now letting you share with Facebook … Continue reading
Are People (Let Alone Lawyers) Actually Using Google+?
I’ve seen stories that 20 million people have become members of Google+. I’ve seen several articles in the legal blogsphere about how great Google+ is as a more secure form of Facebook. I like Google+ and would prefer to contribute … Continue reading
CA Rules on Advertising etc. Will Finally Get Approved
On the “draft” version of the rules of professional responsibility it clearly states that they were adopted in June and then in September of 2010. Now it seems that some of the rules are coming before the Supreme Court of … Continue reading
Google+ Bests Facebook on Privacy?
First off, I haven’t been invited to beta test Google+ so I’m not going to laud or whine about its features and benefits. However, this article on how Google+ handles privacy makes me believe that Google might have a better … Continue reading
Judges Ruling: Good & Bad News for Facebook
In a recent ruling, a federal court judge stated that plaintiffs in a class action failed to show how they were injured by the “Find a Friend” feature on Facebook. The bad news for Facebook is that the company’s terms … Continue reading
