Social Media Lawsuit from Flash Mob Incident?

Published on 22 February 2010 by andrew in Blog, News

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On Tuesday, February 16, a “flash mob” of teenage delinquents, allegedly incited by postings on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, descended o[......]

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Can Tweets Be Defamatory?

Published on 28 January 2010 by andrew in Blog, News

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Someone famous — so famous that I’ve forgotten who it is — once observed that the world is riven into two diametrically opposing fac[......]

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Two emerging 21st Century technologies — genetic testing and genomic (or personalized) medicine and Web 2.0 — may create legal risks and h[......]

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The blogosphere has been alight with concern and frustration over the FTC’s new guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, which, among other [......]

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New FTC Rules Target Blogger Relationships

Published on 09 October 2009 by andrew in Blog, News

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New rules from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that apply to the use of blogs and other consumer-generated new media content in marketing have rais[......]

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Technotainment Update

Published on 11 September 2009 by andrew in Blog, News

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Just got back from the Big Apple, where I was attending Technology and Entertainment Convergence 2009: Hot Business and Legal Issues in “Techno[......]

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Domelights.com and CDA Website Immunity

Published on 31 July 2009 by andrew in Blog, News

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Philadelphia’s troubled racial history intersected with cutting-edge Internet law in a recent scandal that has rocked the Police Department and [......]

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Some bloggers are lauding a federal jury’s June 16 verdict in Pietrylo v. Hillstone Restaurant Group , Docket No. 2:06-cv-05754, as a landmark v[......]

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On June 13 Facebook started offering its users the ability to register usernames consisting of vanity URL’s (e.g., www.facebook.com/yourname). [......]

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