North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Feb 27, 2014

Civil Practice – Evidence Proffer – Inadmissibility – Facebook Messages – Witness Delay – Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Custody

Dewitt v. Dewitt (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-16-0169, 12 pp.) (Robert N. Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Transylvania County District Court (Mack Brittain, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Holding: Since the evidence […]

Oct 18, 2013

Facebook and your First Amendment rights

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Did you know that a few years ago, the number of times that Americans viewed social media sites per day surpassed pornography site views? When that happens, […]

Oct 18, 2013

Mayor under fire after ‘queer’ Facebook post

The mayor of a small South Carolina town is under fire after her Facebook post criticizing a decision allowing gay couples to apply for marriage licenses.

Sep 27, 2013

‘Right to Like’ gets protection under 4th Circuit ruling

Clicking a “Like” button on the Facebook page of his boss’s political rival was protected speech that should not be the basis of a deputy’s firing, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Sep 9, 2013

Facebook, Yahoo want to disclose FISA orders data

Facebook and Yahoo asked a secret court Monday to allow them to disclose data on national security orders the companies have received under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Aug 27, 2013

Facebook users won’t like this

Government agents in 74 countries demanded information on about 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of this year, with about half the orders coming from authorities in the United States, the company said Tuesday.

Nov 30, 2012

Facebook’s law school pop quiz

If you spent any time on Facebook last week, you probably saw many of your friends posting a declaration that copyright was now attached to all their personal details and content posted on the site – and that Facebook henceforth would need their permission to use such content.

Nov 30, 2012

Social media now a factor in employment litigation

Lawyers still making their way along the learning curve of social media evidence may struggle to find guidance from court opinions.

Sep 28, 2012

Appeal based on judge’s Facebook page backfires

Disgruntled spouses commonly use social media sites to dig up dirt that can be used against their significant others in court. But a Hindu man recently took the tactic to the next level when he used Facebook to go after a District Court judge.

Aug 24, 2012

Friends in high places

North Carolina state treasurer Janet Cowell hopes to salvage something out of her office’s spectacularly bad bet on Facebook stock: She wants to be the lead plaintiff among all other Facebook investors who say the company misled them about its financial health just before the company’s initial public offering in May.

Aug 10, 2012

Enough with the legalese

A new North Carolina law signed last month takes aim at students who harass their teachers on Facebook. And it appears to make an effort to speak their language.

Mar 30, 2012

Legislators react to use of social media info in hiring

After recent reports that employers were requesting Facebook passwords from job applicants, state and federal legislators quickly responded with proposed legislation and calls for a federal investigation into the practice.