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Title

The lawyer's guide to social networking : understanding social media's impact on the law / John G. Browning ; [foreword by Wallace Jefferson].

Author

Browning, John G.

Publication

[Boston] : Aspatore, c2010.

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Description

227 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"Provides a comprehensive look at how social media is affecting the legal system. This book examines the myriad ways in which information from sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter is being put to use in everything from criminal and family law matters to personal injury, employment, and commercial cases nationwide. The author illustrates how the pervasive social networking phenomenon is redefining traditional notions of jurisdiction, duty, service of process, and legal ethics while using actual trial and appellate level cases to analyze the discoverabiltiy and admissibility of social media evidence. Lawyers in virtually all practice areas will appreciate not only the author's practical advice, but also the insights into social media's value as a tool for marketing one's practice. This book also examines such cutting edge issues as the implications of social media's use for judges as well as jurors. By providing readers with a thorough look at how living life online can provide attorneys on both sides of the bar with a digital treasure trove of information, The Lawyer's Guide to Social Networking is an invaluable resource for practitioners everywhere."--Back cover.

Subject

• Online social networks > Law and legislation > United States
• Internet in legal services > United States
• Electronic evidence > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Social media 101 -- The long arm of the cyber law: social networking and jurisdictional issues -- Served through Facebook: social networking and service of process -- The Facebook divorce: social networking and family law -- Foiled by Facebook: use of social networking evidence in criminal matters -- Who are you going to believe, me or my Facebook page? Social networking and personal injury cases -- Social media and employment law -- Libel by Twitter: the collision of social media and defamation law -- You are what you post: discoverability and evidentiary issues and social networking -- Digging in the digital dirt: some practical pointers on discovery -- Facebook, eh? Social networking and Canadian law -- Intellectual property concerns in the age of social networking -- Disclosure and the Twitter nation: social media and securities law -- Ethical issues and social networking -- Why can't we be friends? Judges and social networking -- Social networking and jury selection -- Dangers of the online juror -- Social media and the first amendment -- Social media and attorney marketing -- What does the future hold? Social media and evolving crimes, causes of action, defenses, and legal duties.

ISBN

9780314273505

LCCN

^^2011289431

OCLC

701243283

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library