Back in January, it looked like a defamation lawsuit brought by fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir against singer Courtney Love over her tweets would be the first libel trial in the U.S. stemming from Twitter. But then the parties settled for $430,000 plus interest.
Sep 27, 2011
Sep 15, 2011
He Tweets, He Misses! Court Blocks Gilbert Arenas's Preliminary Injunction
(cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project)
Basketball Wives: Los Angeles lives! And one of the reasons is an athlete's Twitter habit.
Basketball Wives: Los Angeles lives! And one of the reasons is an athlete's Twitter habit.
Sep 8, 2011
Two Online Marketing Bungles
Two recent developments show that marketers who attempt to use pranks as part of their online marketing campaigns run the risk of instead engendering anger rather than sales. And there are also legal risks to such activities.
Sep 1, 2011
New California Law Prohibits Jurors' Social Media Use
(cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project)
California has adopted a new statute which clarifies that jurors may not use social media and the Internet – such as texting, Twitter, Facebook, and Internet searches – to research or disseminate information about cases, and can be held in criminal or civil contempt for violating these restrictions.
California has adopted a new statute which clarifies that jurors may not use social media and the Internet – such as texting, Twitter, Facebook, and Internet searches – to research or disseminate information about cases, and can be held in criminal or civil contempt for violating these restrictions.
Subscribe to:
Posts
(
Atom
)
