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"As you approach the witness with printouts of the web pages, you are stopped in your tracks: "Objection, lack of foundation." "

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in list: Legal Research

"Jury duty is bad enough, but imagine not being able to check your phone or e-mail to help relieve the boredom. That's the new rule in Michigan, where trial judges are now required to order jurors not to use phones or other electronic devices while in trial or in deliberations. Telling your Twitter followers you are stuck at the courthouse is not likely to tip the scales of Lady Justice, but Googling for background info on a case is the legal equivalent of ripping off her blindfold. "

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in list: Jurors

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in list: Jurors

Analysis of juror behavior & the responses of the court system. Has an extensive list of references.

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in list: Legal Research

Jurors accessing Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, general Internet during and after trial; sending research results to attorney.

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in list: Legal Research

Directory of social networking sites.

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in list: Internet Directories

"In the latest sign of the collision between the courts and new communication technologies, jurors will have to sign declarations attesting that they will not use "personal electronic and media devices" to research or communicate about any aspect of the case. That includes computers, cell phones and laptops. Jurors will have to sign the declarations, made under penalty of perjury, both before and after they serve. "

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class action lawsuit in federal court against the Philiadelphia police department for race discrimination on the ground that the department allegedly permitted its white officers, including some of supervisory rank, to maintain a private website that allegedly was used as a forum for racially offensive comments.

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in list: Employment

The jury found the employer liable for violating both the federal Stored Communications Act and the New Jersey Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act, because they obtained the chatroom password by duress. This decision reminds employers that they must remain ever mindful of the employee’s expectation of privacy and the limitations it can impose on their conduct.

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in list: Employment, New Jersey

Posting private information on a publicly accessible Internet website satisfies the publicity element of an invasion-of-privacy claim.

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in list: Internet Privacy and Security

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in list: Legal Research