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News & Analysis as of May 18, 2013

Social Media Policy: You're Probably Doing It Wrong

by Christopher Hopkins on 1/24/2013

Social Media Policies: You're Probably Doing It Wrong. Test these 9 steps. Special thanks to Palm Beach Bar Bulletin for publishing in their Feb 2013 issue....more

Court Allows Discovery of Private Posts on Facebook

by Angela Bosworth on 1/21/2013

Facebook is a seemingly endless source of juicy intel. As such, I always recommend that users lock down their privacy settings if they want to keep “the man” out of their timeline. Public posts are fair game for employers...more

What the Pateaus Scandal Tells Us About Email Privacy

by Christopher Hopkins on 1/10/2013

This article discusses the Patreaus affair from the standpoint of practical email privacy tips for lawyers, law firms, their clients, and families. A brief explanation is provided how emails (or even fake email addresses)...more

Cybercrimes and the Workplace

by Heather Pruger on 6/20/2012

This article discusses that, in addition to civil liability that employment lawyers tend to be alert for in departing employee scenarios, departing employees can also be criminally liable for theft, misappropriation, or other...more

Using Social Media in Pre-Litigation Investigation

by Heather Pruger on 9/15/2011

Pre-litigation practice pointers for locating, obtaining, and protecting the wealth of often-overlooked information that is voluntarily disclosed via social and other electronic media content. Published in the September 2011...more

Social Media: Too Powerful To Ignore (FBA-MD Newsletter)

by Heather Pruger on 6/3/2011

This article, published in the June 2011 issue of the newsletter of the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, discusses the powerful tool that social media has become. Social media is too difficult to ignore and...more

Unfiltered Orange | Weekly eDiscovery News Update - April 13, 2011

by Rob Robinson on 4/13/2011

Compiled by Orange Legal Technologies from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week’s update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories,...more

Your Workplace Computer Is A Lonely Public Roadway

by Eli Kantor on 2/2/2011

According to the third district appellate court in Holmes v. Petrovich, 2011 DJDAR 671, your office privacy is a lonely public roadway. And where the limits are clearly posted, you had better obey—no matter what kind of...more

The Cat's Paw: How Social Media Can Lead You Astray

by Eli Kantor on 11/11/2010

The pen has become even mightier since Facebook and its kin stepped into the courtroom. Today, courts consider social media posts to be beyond the purview of the right of privacy - and fully admissible in court. Now, with...more

Cyberspace in the Workplace

by Keyana Laws on 12/7/2009

This article examines two cases which require companies to have clear Internet and E-mail use and monitoring policies to avoid violating the Stored Communications Act and/or an employee’s right to privacy. ...more

Discovering Unburied Treasure on Social Networking Web Sites

by Rubin Sinins on 5/22/2009

Article discusses discoverability of information posted on social networking web sites, including Facebook and MySpace, and analyzes how discovery disputes and potential admissibility at trial of this information may be...more

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