The New York City Bar Association, within a recent ethics opinion, addressed the issue of whether an attorney is permitted to access social media websites to investigate the backgrounds of potential jurors and to monitor jurors’ activities during a trial. In seeking to balance an attorney’s interest to conduct juror background research with the ethical… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Public Tweets Can Be Subject to Subpoena
Posted in e-Discovery and Social MediaAccording to Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino, Jr., users of Twitter who post public tweets may find their user information can be obtained in a case against them. As reported in The New York Law Journal: “The Constitution gives you the right to post, but as numerous people have learned, there are still consequences for… Continue Reading