A number of items for your attention, that will provide background reading for what follows. 1) An ongoing theme in my Above The Law column the past month or so has been the over-the-top enthusiasm among technical startups looking to move into the legal industry...
In Part 1 of this primer on social media for new lawyers (or lawyers new to social media), we focused on “why” lawyers should pay attention to social media. In Part 2 we focused on the “what” are the major social media services. Here, in Part...
Last week, in Part 1 of this primer on social media for new lawyers, I focused on the “why.” Why lawyers should pay attention to the internet and social media online. In part 2, we’re going to focus on the “what?” What are the major...
For many people, especially to those immersed in it, social media can seem ubiquitous. #Hashtags are everywhere and on everything. On TV, people have their Twitter handles on display below their name. Everyone knows that everyone else is on Facebook. The Internet, and...
(Note: Multiple updates at bottom of post.) A couple months ago I discovered that a web service was scraping the content from a number of legal blogs. I didn’t appreciate having my friends’ content, nor mine, taken and used without permission. As such, I...
NOTE: The 2017 update to this guide is finally done!! You can download it here. I initially wrote about how to subpoena various social media sites back in 2011. Seeing as it has been a few years I thought it was time to provide an update. It’s worth noting that...
