Reading Jurors’ Blogs, Tweets and Facebook Pages
TweetFrom Ann T. Greeley, a trial consultant and psychologist, just published in the ABA’s Brief: Jurors’ uses of social media provide a source of information about them. Jurors are addicted to their...
View ArticleA Question About Jurors Online
TweetFollowing up on my last post, a question: At what point does checking out your juror online constitute unpermitted communication with a juror? Obviously, you can’t “friend request” a juror to get...
View ArticleCopyright Defendants Remember, Fees Go Both Ways
TweetMary Jane Saunders, in the Marquette Lawyer, has some words of wisdom that are good for bloggers to keep in mind if threatened by copyright litigation: All plaintiffs mention attorney’s fees in...
View ArticleFired Lawyer and Sex Blogger Sues Allen & Overy
TweetFrom the homepage of self-described "naked poet," Deidre Dare (a/k/a Deidre Clark) Deidre Clark was fired from the Moscow office of London-based law firm Allen & Overy after it came to light...
View ArticleSmith v. Arden: Utah Attorneys File Funny, Misguided Complaint on Behalf of...
TweetJames Smith, motivational speaker. (Image: James Smith's Real Estate Group of Companies, Inc.; used without permission) Motivational speaker James Smith has filed a defamation lawsuit aimed at...
View ArticleCourtney Love Going to Trial for Tweet Libel
TweetCourtney Love’s facing a civil trial in February for tweeting that fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir was a drug-pushing prostitute. If you’re looking to be a defamation defendant, that’s a good...
View ArticleMargaret Tarkington on Impugning Judges
TweetMauricio Hernandez, a Blog Law Blog reader and an attorney in my home state of Nevada, e-mailed me about the work of Professor Margaret Tarkington of BYU’s law school. Tarkington has written on a...
View ArticleIn the Las Vegas Sun: My Take on the Rule 11 Threat Against Righthaven
TweetSteve Green of the Las Vegas Sun interviewed me about Dana Eiser’s rule 11 motion against Righthaven: Separately, two law professors who have been critical of Righthaven expressed skepticism about...
View ArticleFinding Pro Bono Legal Counsel for Bloggers
TweetThe Online Media Legal Network of Harvard Law’s Berkman Center has announced a partnership with the Investigative News Network to help find pro bono and low-cost legal for INN member...
View ArticleHill’s Brief Against Righthaven
TweetSteve Green of the Las Vegas Sun has a great article covering in considerable detail blogger Brian Hill’s motion filed in his effort to defend himself against a Righthaven copyright infringement...
View ArticleLawyers Advised Not to Overreact About Ethics Rules
TweetYou don’t see this every day. Robert Ambrogi and Reid Trautz at the American Bar Association’s Techshow offered tips to lawyers on using social media to build business. One sage tip was this:...
View ArticleCMLP Legal Guide on DC’s New Anti-SLAPP Law
TweetThe Citizen Media Law Project has updated their online legal guide with information about Washington, D.C.’s brand new anti-SLAPP law. An anti-SLAPP law is a tweak to court procedure that empowers...
View ArticleNow That is Impressive
TweetI was looking back at the bio of social-media-guru-attorney Michelle Sherman, and I noticed that when she left being a partner at Sheppard Mullin to go to the L.A. County Public Defenders office...
View ArticleRachel Kane Should Look to Princess Diana for Inspiration
TweetHere’s a tip for the lawyers of Rachel Kane, the California blogger who has vowed to fight back against Forever 21′s attempt to shut down her blog with a bogus trademark lawsuit: Make sure you...
View ArticleThe State Bar of Nevada Should Consider Attorney Misconduct Charges Against...
TweetI believe it is time for the State Bar of Nevada to begin an attorney misconduct investigation of Righthaven CEO Steve Gibson and, perhaps, other lawyers at the center of the Righthaven...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Supreme Court Filing Claims Righthaven Committed Unauthorized...
TweetTodd Kincannon, the South Carolina lawyer representing Dana Eiser of the Lowcountry912 blog, sent me a petition that he just filed in the South Carolina Supreme Court alleging that Righthaven is...
View ArticleKane Declares Victory Over Forever 21
TweetRachel Kane over at blog wtforever21.com has declared victory over Forever 21 in their nascent legal dispute. After Kane hired legal counsel and told the fast-fashion retailer their legal position...
View ArticleSuit Against Y’all Politics Blogger Dismissed
TweetThe Associated Press is reporting that a Mississippi state court has dismissed a lawsuit against blogger Alan Lange of Y’all Politics. FBI agent Hal Neilson brought the lawsuit against Lange and...
View ArticleHuffPo’s Motion to Dismiss Tasini’s Lawsuit
TweetLast week I discussed the no-end-in-sight freelancer class-action litigation that was touched off by Jonathan Tasini’s landmark litigation in the 1990s against the New York Times for infringing...
View ArticleWhere Can a Blogger Get a Lawyer Around Here?
TweetA person identifying himself as a friend of blogger Crystal Cox asked in a comment to yesterday’s post where Ms. Cox could find legal counsel. That’s a great question that a lot of folks have. And...
View ArticleBauble Bobble Estoppel: Why Kane’s Tack Against Forever 21 Worked
TweetQuestions from Readers Blog Law Blog reader Amy e-mailed me with a good question about blogger Rachel Kane’s self-declared victory over Forever 21 in a legal dispute that never ended up in court....
View ArticleVolokh Steps In to Help Blogger Crystal Cox Challenge $2.5 Million Defamation...
Tweet Eugene Volokh (Photo: Jeff Barnett-Winsby / UCLA) Arthur Bright at Citizen Media Law Project blog has the latest on Obsidian Finance v. Cox in Oregon: Professor Eugene Volokh of UCLA Law has...
View ArticleDebate Today: Should Lawyers be Licensed?
TweetToday I’m debating Jacob H. Huebert at UND Law. Jacob will be arguing for the proposition that we don’t need any licensure of law schools or lawyers. I’ll argue the negative. I really appreciate...
View ArticleClient in Chief: The Nightmare of Lawyering for Trump
TweetWashington Post app headline of July 14, 2017 Here’s something you already knew: “managing Trump” is a “‘titanic’ legal task.” That’s from the app-based headline for the this Washington Post...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....