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Defamation And Anonymity: Beware Both Provider And Commenter
By IT-Lex Intern Karina Saranovic (LinkedIn) Defamation isn’t necessarily on the rise; rather, the potential audience for allegedly defamatory statements has increased. With the internet sweeping the...
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Facebook’s Newest Irritating Feature: Service Of Process?
By IT-Lex Intern Joey Chindamo (LinkedIn) If a Texas bill becomes law, your next Facebook notification could be an official—and legally binding—service of process. Texas State Rep. Jeff Leach (R-Plano)...
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Illinois: Young People’s Tweets Aren’t Statements Of Fact
By IT-Lex Intern Joey Chindamo (LinkedIn) Social media use is widespread, and teenagers are major users. This study indicates that 83 percent of 13- to 17-year-olds have visited a social networking...
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Google Execs Cleared Of Liability Over Offensive User-Uploaded Video
By IT-Lex Intern Karina Saranovic (LinkedIn) Back in December, we posted about the case of three Google executives, who Italian prosecutors were seeking to put behind bars because of an offensive video...
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Twitter Faces $50 Million Lawsuit For Not Identifying Anti-Semite Users
Back in February, we told you about a French court order, that required Twitter to hand over the real identity of users who had been posting anti-Semitic tweets. Apparently, the hashtag “#UnBonJuif” (a...
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Manhattan Court Allows Facebook Service For Foreign Defendants
Joey recently wrote a post here about proposed legislation in Texas that would allow service of process via Facebook. Meanwhile, a federal court in New York City decided last month that service via...
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Japanese Court Fines Google For Autocomplete Defamation
We haven’t had a story about Google’s autocomplete function since New Year’s Eve, so here’s our first of 2013. A Japanese man sought an injunction against the search giant, claiming “that when Google...
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Spoliation: Even Lawyers Get The Blues
By IT-Lex Intern Joey Chindamo (LinkedIn) Normally when we talk about spoliation, clients have destroyed evidence and attorneys are left trying to pick up the pieces. But this time, we bring you a...
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NBA Forward Cleared Of Twitter Defamation
By IT-Lex Intern Nicole Sellers (LinkedIn) We all know the pitfalls of using social media, especially for those in the public eye. Recently a NBA player learned just how deep those pitfalls run when he...
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AirBnB Held To Be Illegal In NYC
The push-and-pull between established infrastructures and emerging technologies is something we’ve touched upon the past, in our discussions of smartphone apps that can summon taxis. This week, a few...
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