Google, Social Media, Young Lawyers

Technology has Changed How We Build Relationships. Lawyers, are you Ready?

International Lawyers Network on 8/29/2019

We know and are comfortable with the idea that the legal industry is a business of relationships. Lawyers do good work, their clients talk about it (hopefully) and that brings them other clients. That’s the basic principle...more

A Trial Attorney’s “Google” Responsibilities

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 7/27/2016

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social media services store the personal and professional information of millions of users. To the enterprising trial attorney, that’s millions of tweets, posts, photos, ‘likes’, pins,...more

How to Protect Your Company’s Social Media Currency

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 3/22/2016

Today’s companies compete not only for dollars but also for likes, followers, views, tweets, comments and shares. “Social currency,” as some researchers call it, is becoming increasingly important and companies are investing...more

Google Searches & Jury Selection: What Role Should Social Media Have in Voir Dire?

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 3/22/2016

We have written previously about the role of traditional discovery roles in “newer” platforms, and how social media content can be discoverable and used in litigation. What about using information from social media in jury...more

Twitter, the DMCA and Copyright in the Age of Sharing

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 8/20/2015

As social media platforms continue to find new ways to allow users to share, post, and forward nonoriginal content and users become more engaged in the practice, the platforms hosting the content and disgruntled original...more

Eraser Laws: Forgetting a Minor's Past to Save His Future

Fenwick & West LLP on 5/21/2015

Hector recently graduated from UC Berkeley and is anxious about his upcoming job interview. He is about to enter the adult world. But he has also got a bigger problem: When he was 17, he was not as wise as he is now at the...more