By Stephen Scott BridgeTower Media Newswires You know what really grinds my gears? The choose-your-own-adventure security boxes that websites use. “Click all boxes with a tree in it.” In those moments, I am filled with self-doubt related to the definition ...

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Attorney Erik Syverson works hard at his job, but he is the first to admit that the research model for his Internet law and civil litigation practice doesn’t fit the shopworn image one might have for lawyerly investigation.   In fact, ...

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  As you plan for a successful 2021 for your law firm, don’t forget to consider how you plan to use social media to forward your firm’s marketing and business development goals in the coming year. Importantly, you may want ...

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  These days, the vast majority of people, including lawyers, interact on social media. For many, social media platforms are a part of their daily lives and are a primary way of communicating with family and friends. That’s why social ...

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  A new proposed ethics opinion would allow attorneys to request access to view the private portions of social media profiles belonging to people not represented by an attorney—but it would not allow them to request such access from people ...

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  Loose lips sink settlements. In the age of social media, people are known for oversharing. But when it comes to bragging about a legal settlement that has a confidentiality clause, oversharing can cause more than awkwardness or embarrassment. It ...

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Attorneys can send a friend request to an opposing party to see what they’ve posted on their Facebook or other social media accounts, according to a new proposed ethics opinion from the North Carolina State Bar Council’s Ethics Committee. The ...

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In one of its first efforts to address the relationship between the First Amendment and the modern internet, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 19 unanimously struck down a North Carolina statute that barred convicted sex offenders from accessing social ...

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Grutzmacher v. Howard County (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-074-17, 29 pp.) (Wynn, J.) No. 15-2066, March 20, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Garbis, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Plaintiff, a county fire department battalion chief terminated for activity on his personal Facebook ...

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Liverman v. City of Petersburg (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-182-16, 26 pp.) (Wilkinson, J.) No. 15-2207, Dec. 15, 2016; USDC at Richmond, Va. (Spencer, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Reversing a district court, the 4th Circuit says a city violated a police ...

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