Jury Instructions on Blogs
TweetFor a while now, trial judges have been careful to warn juries against using social media to communicate about their trial. Here is an example of how that is being done. Below are recent jury...
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Lamebook v. Facebook
TweetA blog called Lamebook that posts funny Facebook status updates has been threatened with a trademark infringement lawsuit by Facebook. Seeking to vindicate their rights, and probably trying to...
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WSJ on Employers Stepping on Social Media Mines
TweetFor a long time there’s been a lot of talk about how employees and job candidates are hurting themselves by posting to blogs, Facebook and Twitter. But, as The Wall Street Journal notes in a story...
View ArticleZuckerberg is Officially a Californian, Sorry New York
TweetA federal court in New York, after thinking through the issue thoroughly, has decided that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is domiciled in California. That means that the federal court will hold...
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School Assembly Shocker: Student’s Social Media Skimmed for Slideshow
TweetLynde Point Lighthouse near Old Saybrook, Conn. (Photo: Robert J. Beyus, NPS)A high school in Connecticut illustrated a slideshow on internet privacy with photos of the school’s students, taken...
View ArticleKozinski Says Winklevoss Twins Get One Shot Among them at Facebook Suit
TweetKozinski has bounced the Winklevii attempt to blow up their settlement agreement and start all over again in their suit against Facebook. The order is here. Poor Mark Zuckerberg has been hounded...
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Syria Torturing Facebookers for IDs and Passwords
TweetAdrian Blomfield of the Telegraph reports that Syria has been torturing protesters to get them to reveal their user IDs and passwords to Facebook and Twitter accounts used for organizing...
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UK Anti-Terrorism Law Invoked Against Dad Who FB’d Photo of Daughter Eating...
TweetThe face of terrorism? (Photo: Chris White)Chris White used his cell phone to take the adorable photo at right of his 4-year-old daughter eating ice cream in the Braehead Shopping Centre in...
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FTC Wins Settlement from FB
TweetFacebook has entered into a big settlement with the Federal Trade Commission – America’s top consumer cops – regarding privacy of user data. As part of the deal, FB will warn users about privacy...
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Juror Tries to Friend Litigant
TweetBeau Zimmer of WTSP television in Florida reports that Jacob Jock, a male juror in a vehicular negligence civil suit attempted to friend the “young, attractive” female defendant. Good for her she...
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Thumbs Up for the Law of IPOs
Tweet I talk about the lawyering behind Facebook’s IPO on the Stanford CIS blog.
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Shareholder Lawsuits Quickly Follow Facebook’s IPO
Tweet Facebook’s falling stock. (Image: Nasdaq) Facebook and its investment bankers are being sued over an IPO that didn’t “pop” the way so many investors were hoping. After debuting at an issue price...
View ArticleFacebook Posts Get Former Marine Held for Month in Psych Ward
TweetA former Marine, Brandon Raub, was recently detained because of posts made on his Facebook account referencing a coming “civil war,” saying he was “done waiting,” and quoting a rap lyric, “Sharpen...
View ArticleU.S. v. Michael Upholds Indictment for Facebook Threat to Police
TweetVenkat Balasubramani at Technology & Marketing Law Blog has a good analysis of U.S. v. Michael, (S.D. Ind., Oct. 9, 2012), a case which rejected a Facebooker’s attempt to dismiss an indictment...
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Blog Law Blog Has Never Cooperated with NSA’s Special Source Operations
Tweet Well, it’s been a busy day for cybernews. The Washington Post has broken a huge story that the U.S. government, specifically the NSA and the FBI, are accessing e-mails, photos, videos, and other...
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