According to the Hollywood Reporter, a California Superior Court judge indicated Thursday that she was likely to allow a libel lawsuit against singer Courtney Love based on tweets about her then-lawyers to proceed.
When and if the case actually goes to trial, it would be the first American libel lawsuit stemming from a Twitter post.
Feb 24, 2012
Feb 17, 2012
In U.S. First, Juror's Friend Request Leads to Jail Sentence
cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project)
At a recent presentation during which I reviewed a number of cases and court rule changes regarding juror use of social media and the Internet during trial, an audience member asked me why American courts appeared to be so lax in the face of such juror misbehavior, such as the Texas case in which a juror who sent a "friend" request to the defendant in a personal injury case was sentenced to two days of community service.
At a recent presentation during which I reviewed a number of cases and court rule changes regarding juror use of social media and the Internet during trial, an audience member asked me why American courts appeared to be so lax in the face of such juror misbehavior, such as the Texas case in which a juror who sent a "friend" request to the defendant in a personal injury case was sentenced to two days of community service.
Feb 16, 2012
Intentional Grounding II: Can Public Colleges Monitor Athletes' Tweets?
cross posted at the Citizen Media Law Project)
Last week, The New York Times' "The Quad" college sports blog reported about the flip side of my prior post on colleges limiting athletes' social media messages and postings: a bill currently pending in the Maryland state legislature would bar colleges from requiring athletes to allow school officials to monitor the athletes' social media activities. (Another bill (House version, Senate version) would place the same restriction on employers.)
Last week, The New York Times' "The Quad" college sports blog reported about the flip side of my prior post on colleges limiting athletes' social media messages and postings: a bill currently pending in the Maryland state legislature would bar colleges from requiring athletes to allow school officials to monitor the athletes' social media activities. (Another bill (House version, Senate version) would place the same restriction on employers.)
Feb 3, 2012
Another Verdict Falls Due to Internet Research
The Vermont Supreme Court has reversed a conviction for aggravated sexual assault
on a child because a juror in the case was found to have researched Somali religion and culture, which was an issue in the case. State
v. Abdi, No. 2010-255, 2012 VT 4, 2012 WL 231555, 2012 Vt. LEXIS 5 (Jan. 26, 2012).
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