Commentary: Legal Currents: Ethics Ruling On Use of Social Media During Trials

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Despite the rise in social media use by the general population, many lawyers continue to be reluctant to use social media to support their law practices. Nevertheless, widespread social media use is a phenomenon that is becoming increasingly difficult for lawyers to ignore, as social media issues repeatedly crop in their cases.

For example, in a December column, I discussed two New York criminal cases that focused on whether contact via social media websites constitutes a crime, and in a November column, I analyzed two New York civil cases that addressed the issue of lawyers mining social media sites for evidence.

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Commentary: Legal Currents: Ethics Ruling On Use of Social Media During Trials

Social media use is also affecting jury trials and one interesting issue that has arisen is whether it is ethically permissible for lawyers to investigate jurors' use of social media during the pendency of...

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