Discovery Challenges of Social Media
Social media has created several complications with regard to the U.S. discovery process in litigation. Among these complications are issues relating to (i) seeking out and turning over vast amounts of...
View ArticleProduction of Social Media Documents Denied
How safe is information is hidden behind an individual’s privacy settings? Can I assume that my interest in privacy ensures that anything marked “private,” or “shared only with my friends” remains so,...
View ArticleWhat’s In Your Terms of Service?
Social media platforms often require users to agree to Terms of Service or Terms of Use (“TOS”) to use the platform. These contracts can be lengthy and many social media users may not read them in...
View ArticleDid Twitter violate Anti-Terrorism Act by providing ISIS accounts?
On August 10, 2016, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, in Fields v. Twitter, Inc., dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaint against Twitter with leave to amend. The...
View ArticleWillful act and business activity exclusions in defamation claim
Although we have covered many social media cases involving defamation claims (just click on the “Defamation” category to see them), here is a link to a post from one of our sister blogs (Financial...
View ArticleServing up lawsuits via Facebook: social media provides creative solution...
Service of process on a foreign defendant can be a major headache for U.S. plaintiffs, but social media is proving to be a creative solution when traditional methods have been demonstrated to fail. We...
View ArticleRisks of unlawful social media content: changes in UK defamation landscape...
A carefully curated social media presence is a critical business requirement, but there are risks. One of these risks is unlawful content – be that unlawful content posted to your businesses’ own...
View ArticleFacebook’s California Choice-of-Law Provision Rules the Day
On January 9, 2017, the Northern District of California granted Facebook’s motion to dismiss for claims brought under New Jersey’s Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty, and Notice Act (“the TCCWNA”)....
View ArticleFacebook page costs woman future loss claim (UK)
A 37 year old woman from Nottingham has lost a claim for future pain and suffering following failure by a hospital to notify her of a positive result of a sexually transmitted infection with the result...
View ArticleUse of Twitter to Broadcast Courtroom Proceedings
In 2017, the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications (the “Commission”) issued an advisory opinion that the conveyance of information via microblogging platforms, such as Twitter, does not...
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