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Rainmaking Via Social Media: The Morning Minute

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The Legal Intelligencer

Judicial Conduct Complaint Could Pave Way for Clearer Social Media Guidance for Judges

"The question that this case asks is, 'What are the permissible restraints on First Amendment expression for judges and what are the rationales for those restraints?'" said ethics expert Ellen Brotman of BrotmanLaw.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Hospital Corporation Removes Digital Privacy Class Action to Pa. Fed Court

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'You're Going to Miss Out': How to Mine Social Media for Clients Without Alienating Your Firm

"This is going to become a recruitment concern," Wayne Pollock, a lawyer and founder of legal marketing firm Law Firm Editorial Service, said. "They're going to realize they have a burgeoning rainmaker. Even if they don't understand how they're a rainmaker on social media, they're going to understand when those first clients start coming in."
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lawsuits Are Flying as School Districts Sue Social Media—But Can They Win?

The Chatham district "requires funding to develop a long-term plan to deal with the mental health crisis and address the record rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and the other tragic byproducts caused by defendants," the suit said.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Pulling the Plug on Section 230

Section 230, which went before the U.S. Supreme Court today for oral argument in a cases involving social media platforms' liability for the murder of an exchange student at the hands of terrorists, has provided Silicon Valley with blanket criminal and civil immunity for too long, writes Shurat HaDin founder Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
6 minute read

Law.com

The Increasing Challenges of Verification on Social Media

The recent flurry of online impersonators, ranging from accounts posing as President Joe Biden to the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, exposes the challenges of social media platforms' verification and authentication processes. These events show that monitoring and policing trademark infringements and right of publicity violations can be increasingly difficult in the social media context.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

SCOTUS's Section 230 Rulings Will Likely Reverberate Beyond Big Tech

The Supreme Court's first ever consideration of Big Tech's Section 230 protections "does pose a risk to the Internet as we know it," said Ambika Kumar, co-chair of the Media Law Practice at Davis Wright Tremaine.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

When Is a Social Media Post a 'True Threat'?

As the U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide the standard that should be used to determine when an online statement is a "true threat" unprotected by the First Amendment, this article looks at the issues surrounding social media speech when courts must differentiate between mere hyperbole and actual threat.
10 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Laster Weighs Dismissal, Stay of Meta Monopoly Claims: 'This Could All Be Wrong'

The complaint alleges Meta's management led the company to a series of legal battles by using data to seek out and acquire competitor companies and inflating video advertising metrics.
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