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Status Messages and Client Confidences
Web 2.0 marketing is a highly effective way for lawyers to promote their services to prospective clients. Web 2.0 marketing is leveraging collaborative programs hosted over the Internet, such as...
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Surfing for Personal Jurisdiction from Online Activity
The internet has made applying the traditional touchstones for personal jurisdiction challenging. Ever so slowly courts have addressed the personal jurisdiction questions in internet cases, to arrive...
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Dodging a Mistrial for Juror Misconduct
In an age where reporters are Tweeting from Courthouses and Citizen Paparazzi (Snaparazzi) roam the streets with iPhones, one can imagine a slip of the tongue resulting in juror misconduct. In the...
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Juror Misconduct: When the Judge Says Don’t Talk About the Case, that...
Who knew 140 characters, a few status messages, and tags could play a big role in a court opinion hitting juror misconduct? It is not a huge surprise in a criminal case involving politics, money and...
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An Interesting Order…No Twitter in Court
Cameras in Courtrooms have been the cannon fodder for courtroom sketches for years. A recent court order for a trial in Florida highlights how judges are keenly aware of technology and reporters. A...
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101 Bow Ties
My 101st post is different than any of my other postings to date: Here is the story behind the Bow Tie Law Blog and my thoughts on the practice of law. I have an amazing career. While I was at CT...
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Twitter: Prohibited Jury Communications in Missouri
The pending jury instructions from the Supreme Court of Missouri address Web 2.0 and instant communications head on. The jury instruction specifically states: You are not permitted to communicate,...
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Bow Tie Law 1st Anniversary
December 30, 2009 marks the first anniversary of “Bow Tie Law.” 2009 was a watershed year of case law, with litigation hold opinions coming up weekly this summer; the mandatory exclusion of ESI for...
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Social Networking & Blogging Sneaks into a Supreme Court Opinion
The epic United States Supreme Court opinion on campaign finance reform sneaked in a passage on social networking and Free Speech. The opinion is over 100 pages long, with Concurring and Dissenting...
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Rule 34 and TIFF Productions in the Clouds
German v. Micro Elecs., iNC., is an employment case that involved discovery disputes centering on the Plaintiff’s mitigation of damages, including among other issues, the Plaintiff’s calendars and...
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