Monthly Archives: June 2011

To Friend … Or Not to Friend?

Like Romeo, many attorneys are in an ethical quandary when it comes to the discovery of information on social media sites. Increasingly more attorneys are turning to the Internet to dig up the dirt on potential witnesses, adverse litigants, expert witnesses, and other attorneys.[1] But this can get you in trouble depending upon the stage of the litigation or criminal proceedings. The…

LawPivot: Legal Knowledge as a Service

The new legal website LawPivot is a very interesting new model – knowledge as a service. And its backed by $1 million in funding from Google Ventures and other angel investors.[1] TechCrunch calls it ‘A Quora for legal advice.’ The site allows business to receive crowdsourced and confidential legal answers from a pool of relevant lawyers. The website serves as an excellent resource for…

Social Media at a Crossroads?

What more can be written about Weinergate? I wonder if this whole thing would have died down a lot sooner if the person in question wasn’t named Weiner? It’s just too easy when a guy named Wiener sends pictures of his junk on Twitter. However, there are a few lessons to be learned from this scandal.[1] Namely, there are risks involved with…