Subject Index Social Media

Exile on Face Tweet: Lawyer Networking on Social Media

By John G. Locallo
September
2011
Column
, Page 432
You can't afford not to use Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

To Tweet or Not to Tweet?

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
August
2011
Cover Story
, Page 396
Don't get Twitter? You're not alone. But lawyers are using it to reach out to fellow practitioners and communicate with the public.
1 comment (Most recent July 29, 2011)

Tweeting the law

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
August
2011
LawPulse
, Page 382
Lawyers, bar associations, courts, and others use Twitter to push out news, cases, job openings, and more.

A Business Lawyer Plugs into the Business of Law

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
July
2011
Cover Story
, Page 340
ISBA President John G. Locallo will use his bully pulpit to help lawyers understand the power and importance of practice-oriented technology.

Loose-Lipped Jurors in the Facebook Age: What Courts Can Do About Unauthorized Electronic Communication

By Jasmine Villaflor Hernandez & Jessica LeeAnn Cummings
July
2011
Article
, Page 344
Inappropriate posting, texting, and tweeting by jurors can wreak havoc with the trial process.

Who Posted That? Anonymous Online Speech and the First Amendment

By Sarah A. Smith
April
2011
Article
, Page 194
There's a trend in defamation litigation to use pre-suit discovery procedures to uncover the identities of anonymous online commenters. The author considers the implications.

Ethics in the age of Twitter

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
January
2011
LawPulse
, Page 10
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Does What Happens on Facebook Stay on Facebook?Discovery, Admissibility, Ethics, and Social Media

By Beth C. Boggs & Misty L. Edwards
July
2010
Article
, Page 366
What are the limits on discovery and admissibility of content gathered on social media sites? This article looks at the emerging case law.

Like it or not, you’re on the ‘Net

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
April
2010
LawPulse
, Page 174
Do you know what they're saying about you out there? Or what you said that you probably shouldn't have? Here's how to find out and what you can do about it.

Sexting: It’s No Joke, It’s a Crime

By Joshua D. Herman
April
2010
Article
, Page 192
A look at the high-stakes legal issues raised by adolescent "sexting" and their implications for counsel to teens, parents, and schools.

Will You Be My (Facebook) Friend?

By Karen Erger
April
2010
Column
, Page 210
Those pesky ethics rules follow lawyers everywhere, even onto social-media pages.

Read the letters to the Editor

March
2010
Column
, Page 118
Distracted Drivers
1 comment (Most recent April 21, 2010)

Looking for “facts” in all the Wrong Places

By Hon. Ron Spears
February
2010
Column
, Page 102
Social networking sites are great - unless jurors are using them in ways that threaten a fair trial.

Illinois outlaws DWT (driving while texting)

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
December
2009
LawPulse
, Page 598
Effective January 1, drivers aren't allowed to "compose, send, or read an electronic message." Is PA 96-0130 overregulation or overdue?

Sex offenders banned from using social networking Web sites. PA 096-0262

December
2009
Illinois Law Update
, Page 604
Illinois lawmakers recently added new language to the Criminal Code of 1961 to prohibit convicted sex offenders from using social networking Web sites.

Social media and legal ethics

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
September
2009
LawPulse
, Page 438
May an Illinois lawyer list his or her "Specialties" on LinkedIn without running afoul of Illinois RPC 7.4?

Social networking 1.0

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
June
2009
LawPulse
, Page 278
Despite the newfangled options, blogs and e-mail discussion groups are still excellent ways to connect with other lawyers.

Twitter and Linkedin and Facebook. Oh My!

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
June
2009
Cover Story
, Page 288
Are you Linkedin? Facebooking? Tweeting? Or still figuring out what it's all about and why you should care? Here's a lawyer's guide to social networking.

R U monitoring employees’ text messages?

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
September
2008
LawPulse
, Page 438
 An employee had a reasonable expectation of privacy in private e-mail he sent during work hours on his employer-issued pager, the federal ninth circuit rules.

Do We Blawg and How?

By Helen W. Gunnarsson
May
2006
Cover Story
, Page 236
Blogs are sprouting like mushrooms these days, it seems. Why do lawyers blog? Should you join them?

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