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May

For The First Time, New Jersey Court Permits Service of Process Via Facebook Post

May 29, 2017
In a case of first impression in New Jersey, Hon. Stephan C. Hansbury, Presiding Judge...
24
May

ABA Issues Major Ethics Opinion on Unencrypted Email and Other Electronic Communications

May 24, 2017
In a major new ethics opinion, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional...
21
Dec

Admission of Twitter Post as Evidence at Trial Affirmed on Appeal

December 21, 2016
Arnett Blake and his girlfriend, Cindy Edwards, attended a party at a community center. Defendant,...
23
Jul

NJ Supreme Court Declines to Discipline Lawyer Unable to Completely Remove Offending Blog Post From the Internet

July 23, 2016
Jay Jason Chatarpau, Esq., a New Jersey employment discrimination attorney, represented Rameena Khan in a...
22
Jan

Lawyer Awarded $350,000 Based On Negative Online Reviews Posted By Former Client

January 22, 2016
A Florida appeals court upheld a judgment of $350,000 in a lawsuit filed by a...
01
Nov

NJ Court Rules Evidence in Cell Phones Must Be Produced in Tangible Form Before Trial

November 1, 2015
In this case, an Ocean County judge ruled that litigants in domestic violence cases who...
09
Sep

Appeals Court Rules Against Teacher Who Blogged That Her Students Were “Rude, Disengaged, Lazy Whiners”

September 9, 2015
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals  for the Third Judicial Circuit ruled this week that...
03
Jun

Posting Threats on Facebook and Other Social Media, Without More, is Not a Crime

June 3, 2015
In May 2010, Anthony Douglas Elonis’s wife of nearly seven years left him, taking with...
28
Mar

Ethics Rules Clarified for NY Lawyers Who Use LinkedIn

March 28, 2015
On March 10, 2015, the New York County Lawyers Association (“NYCLA”) weighed in on the...
04
Feb

‘Friending’ on Facebook Leads to Ethics Charges Against Two NJ Lawyers

February 4, 2015
Plaintiffs John J. Robertelli and Gabriel Adamo, two New Jersey defense counsel charged with ethics...
16
May

New ABA Ethics Opinion: Lawyers May Review Jurors’ Online Public Information, But Private Social Media is Off Limits

May 16, 2014
Trial lawyers must know where the ethical line is drawn between properly investigating jurors and...
13
Apr

Appeals Court Rules Lawyers Have A Constitutional Right to Blog About Their Cases

April 13, 2014
A California appeals court held that a trial court’s order directing a trial attorney to...
21
Sep

Federal Court Rules “Liking” Something Or Posting A Message On Facebook Is A Form Of Speech Protected By The First Amendment

September 21, 2013
In a case of first impression, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth...
07
Sep

Sender Of Text Message May Be Liable For Accident Caused By Driver Distracted While Reading Text

September 7, 2013
In an interesting case of first impression, the New Jersey Appellate Division held that the...
08
Oct

Court Concludes Broad Discovery Requests For A Party’s Social Media Website Information Are Improper; Motion To Compel Denied

October 8, 2012
Social media websites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn often contain an enormous amount of highly...
27
Sep

Identities Of Anonymous Writers In New Jersey Posting Allegedly Defamatory Statements On A Blog Are Not Subject To Disclosure

September 27, 2012
Upholding the decision of a trial judge who quashed a subpoena, New Jersey appellate court...
05
Sep

Ethics Complaint Filed Against New Jersey Attorneys Who “Friended” Plaintiff So They Could Access Private Information On His Facebook Page

September 5, 2012
Two New Jersey defense attorneys allegedly caused a paralegal to “friend” the plaintiff in a...
14
Mar

In The First New Jersey Case Of Its Kind, Court Finds Juror In Contempt For Conducting Research On The Internet Resulting In Mistrial

March 14, 2012
In the first reported case of its kind in New Jersey, Judge Peter E. Doyne,...
04
Dec

Podcast of Guest Interview on The Caring Generation, An Internet Radio Show

December 4, 2011
  Several weeks ago, on Sunday, November 20th, I was a guest on The Caring...
30
Nov

Pennsylvania Court Rules That There Is No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Facebook Postings

November 30, 2011
A Pennnsylvania trial judge recently ruled that a person had “no expectation of privacy” in...
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