Saturday, October 25, 2014

If you don't believe that jurors are using social media against the court's instructions or they may have connections to those in law enforcement, associated with your case, etc. - just do a simple Google search for news items on juror misconduct.  This week a juror in an Akron court was dismissed and a mistrial was requested because of her association with the Prosecutor's Office. AKRON- After...
The ABA has recently issued Formal Opinion 466 regarding the use of “electronic social media” (ESM) to obtain publicly accessible information from potential jurors' or litigant's social media presence. The somewhat antiquated court system is trying to deal with the problem of socially networked jurors and either does not have the resources to monitor jurors' social media or simply does not understand...