Poster Beware
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) requires covered employers to provide employees unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Poster
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“LOL” lands Kentucky teen behind bars
After she was charged with a DUI and possession of a controlled substance, a Kentucky teen leaving the scene of an accident, posted “My dumb*** got a DUI and I hit a car LOL.” lands
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Naughty Tweets End in the Firing of a Kansas Attorney
As technology becomes a larger and more crucial part of providing legal services, lawyers and law students have been inundated with warnings and horror stories of what not to do. Naughty
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Update to the New Orleans Prosecutor Saga: Target of Investigation Discovers Prosecutor’s “Extracurricular Commentary” on Local News Website
Jan Mann, a first assistant United States attorney in New Orleans (“essentially the office’s second in command”) has been “exposed for participating under an alias in the rancorous comments section” of nola.com, a local news outlet for the city of New Orleans. Update
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Attorney For Trayvon Martin Allowed To Blog About Case
On October 29, 2012, Judge Debra Nelson of Seminole County Florida denied the prosecution’s request to bar George Zimmerman’s lawyers from blogging about legal issues on a website, as well as using traditional news and social media, to comment about the case. Attorney
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Contempt of Court for Prospective Juror’s use of Internet Search Engine
Jurors facing jail time? That is the possible punishment for a former prospective juror in a capital murder case in Florida. Contempt
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Social Media Fallout: Attorneys’ Posts Cause Career Crises
Social Media and Internet use has continued to grow over the past year. As these sites become more popular, it seems that more attorneys are finding themselves in hot water over Internet posts.
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The Jury Is Out: Defining Inappropriate Communication in the Digital Age
Should you google jurors during voir dire? What about during the trial? Jury
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Missouri Supreme Court finds that technology increases attorneys’ burden under their duty of diligence to clients
Attorneys are bound by their ethical duties to diligently represent their clients. Missouri
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Alabama Prohibits Groupons for Legal Services
Last Week, the Office of General Counsel for the Alabama Bar Association released an opinion discussing the use of Groupon as a marketing tool for law firms.
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