Year: 2011

Attorneys discuss social media benefits, pitfalls

May 13, 2011

Before Jennifer Bukowsky went to the Social Media Club’s monthly breakfast meeting to talk about her use of online networks to promote her new business, she posted on her Facebook page: “Any ideas for how BukowskyLawFirm could gain Twitter followers prior to my speech to the Social Media Club on Tuesday at 7:30 a.m.?

Internet v. Courts: Googling for the perfect juror

Feb 17, 2011

When picking a jury, lawyers always try to stack the panel with people likely to take their side. Now, some are taking the vetting process to a new level: they’re quietly trawling social networks and other sites to ferret out the most intimate details of potential jurors’ lives, from their sexual orientation to their income level and politics.