Debt collectors can’t harass you through Facebook, court rules

The idea of your unpaid student loan debts or late car payments being publicized on your Facebook wall is probably pretty unpleasant sounding. With high unemployment and a record wealth divide right now in the US, it also ... continue

Is evidence gathered from social media the “future of litigation?”

Social media movements are again being discussed as possible pivotal evidence in a high-profile murder case, this time with a defense lawyer claiming Twitter updates prove his client's self-defense claim. 18-year-old Shanterrica Madden stands accused of the murder ... continue

Debt collectors sued for using Facebook to harass family and friends of delinquent borrowers

Technology and its widespread use evolves daily, and as it does, the way sometimes intensely personal information is used (possibly against you) by companies and agencies often has no legal precedent. One such case would be the collection ... continue

Law enforcement recruits asked to hand over Facebook passwords, text messages

If you're sworn to uphold the law or hope to be, should you have to bend over and allow hiring directors to sift through your personal communications and base personnel decisions on that content? If a recent piece ... continue

New York Bar approves evidence mining on social networks like Facebook, with some caveats

It's kind of interesting (albeit a little scary) to watch legal precedents develop around technology we've all already been using for years. We've posted before about lawyers regarding Facebook as an "evidentiary goldmine" in divorce cases, and everyone ... continue

Facebook sues teensy ‘Teachbook,’ seeks to own ‘book’ suffix on whole entire internet

If you planned to start a website with a domain name ending in "book," Facebook might be all up in your grill about that. A tiny little start-up aimed at teachers- a demographic notoriously terrified of Facebook- hasn't ... continue

NYS gets Facebook and MySpace to boot 3,500 convicted sex offenders

In a move that brings the issue of freedom versus safety online to the forefront, New York state Attorney General Mario Cuomo has announced that 3,500 convicted sex offenders have been removed from Facebook and MySpace collectively. While ... continue