Study: 13 million Facebook users aren't protecting their privacy by Steven Getman on 5/5/2012 According to a new study by Consumer Reports, approximately 13 million Facebook users in the United States either ignore, don’t know how to use, or aren't aware of Facebook’s privacy settings. Furthermore, the...more
John Doe v. U.S. Direct Ins. Co. Motion and Brief in Support of Motion to Compel Discovery of Plaintiff's Facebook Login Information by Daniel E. Cummins on 1/31/2012 Civil Litigators are well aware that there is an increasing trend in Social Media Discovery litigation in the Pennsylvania courts (and nationwide). Insurance defense counsel Daniel E. Cummins of the Scranton law firm of...more
Getting Sued by Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley on 1/30/2012 No business owner starts each day thinking that his or her company will be sued. Preparing to avoid a lawsuit isn’t on most owners’ to-do lists, but it’s a risk that should garner their attention — a reality of running a...more
5 Things to Consider When You Are Served with a Lawsuit [Video] by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 12/17/2011 Scott Leipzig, a Los Angeles-based litigator, describes five things to consider when you are served with a lawsuit. 1. Protect Privilege: Internal communications often become the smoking gun in a Plaintiff’s case. All too...more
Facebook No Friend of Yet Another MVA Plaintiff by Daniel Strigberger on 12/15/2011 Another Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered an MVA plaintiff to preserve, print, and produce to the defendant her Facebook photographs....more
Facebook No Friend of MVA Plaintiff by Daniel Strigberger on 12/14/2011 An Ontario Superior Court judge has ordered a plaintiff to re-attend an examination for discovery to answer questions about photographs of himself that he posted on his Facebook or MySpace pages. He also ordered the...more
Webb Sanders & Williams Fall 2011 Newsletter by Roechelle Morgan Fortner on 11/1/2011 Brief and to the point updates on MS, 5th Circuit and national legal news of importance....more
eDiscovery Brings Civil Litigation Online by DepoTexas on 9/20/2011 Lawyers across the country are saving trees and their sanity with new eDiscovery solutions....more
Changes to the Car Accident Treatment System > May Reduce Consumer Care Options by Bougadis Chang LLP Barristers on 6/13/2011 Ontario Regulation 194/11 is coming into effect and shifts more power to insurers over the medical clinics who seek to provide care to those involved in car accidents. ...more
Double Recovery for One Accident? How About a Double Deduction against your Damages? A Plaintiff's Perspective. by Bougadis Chang LLP Barristers on 3/9/2011 A possibly innocent decision by the plaintiff has turned into a costly mistake - the fallout from choosing caregiver benefits instead of income replacement benefits under Ontario's Accident Benefits system....more
Facebook Defence - 1,500 Pages Sought - Personal Injury Lawsuit - Part 5 by Bougadis Chang LLP Barristers on 2/28/2011 Three Facebook and MySpace accounts were sought just one month prior to Trial. Motion denied, with leave not being granted to bring this motion after service of the Trial Record. ...more
Facebook Defence - Give Me Access! - Personal Injury Lawsuits - Part 4 by Bougadis Chang LLP Barristers on 2/24/2011 Plaintiff's Facebook profile, title "The Jill Murphy Fan Club" had 366 "friends". Plaintiff sought damages for fibromyalgia and TMJ disorder and put her pre-accident activities into evidence. Facebook disclosure ordered. ...more
Facebook Defence Strikes Again in Personal Injury Lawsuits - Part 3 by Bougadis Chang LLP Barristers on 2/22/2011 Plaintiff with over 200 "friends" in Facebook, on an account marked "private", was ordered to produce his entire Facebook profile to the defence in his car accident lawsuit. ...more
IT'S NOT A BAD DREAM by Donald Wilson on 11/30/2010 It Is Not A Bad Dream The California Electronic Discovery Act...more
Social Media in Claims Investigation - The Smell of Tweet Success by Daniel Gerber on 9/9/2010 It is becoming more and more apparent that by utilizing social networking tools, claim professionals increase the chance of successful claim resolution. One must, however, understand the processes and have a strategy....more