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The popularity of using Facebook and Twitter has created another avenue for discovery. More and more attorneys and private investigators are using Facebook posts as evidence in lawsuits.

 

Has your client already posted about the case or their feelings towards the other party? Attorneys need to discuss with their clients the enormous implications and repercussions that can happen from the casual post or rant.

 

Here are some tips to help your client use social media during the course o ...

The Lower Marion School District of Ardmore, PA faces another lawsuit over the installation of software meant to locate lost or stolen school supplied laptops.  
 
The first case came to light when the student's high school accused him of "improper behavior at home" and used the photographs from the spy cam as evidence.  At that time it was discovered most of the students had been spied on in their homes by the district's web cams.  The district had taken over 30,000 photogr ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger just vetoed legislation proposed by Senate Majority Lead Dean Florez , D-Shafter, that would change the overtime law as it pertains to farm workers.

Currently, farm workers receive overtime after working 10 hours in a day or 60 hours in a week. Most other Californians are eligible for overtime after an 8 hour day or a 40 hour work week.

The reasons Gov. Schwarzenegge r vetoed the bill because it is mostly a seasonal occupation and would hurt businesses, increase unemplo ...

Starting today, Facebook is rolling out their Facebook Questions (FQ) feature.  If you've used Yahoo! Answers then you are familiar with the concept - you post a question, and anyone else on Yahoo! Answers can provide and answer, and vice versa.  With FQ, of course, your FQ can be answered by 500 million of your closest friends . The feature will be visible on the left-hand side of your homepage (identifiable with a light bulb).
 
Facebook Question includes some interesting featur ...

The Sanchez kids are learning about the business world and how to be successful in both business and life. The three kids, two still in high school, run an up-and-coming bicycle messenger service in San Diego, CA know as Sanchez Delivery . They will deliver just about anything for a flat fee of $10 except for the delivery of legal documents to court which costs $15.

The family became homeless when their father’s company went out of business. He is now serving time in jail. Additionally, there a ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week that Facebook had added its 500 millionth member .  Facebook has only been around for six years and in that short time has become the reigning force in Social Media.  To put that number in perspective, 500 million people includes the entire populations of both Brazil and the United States.  
 
For Facebook though, with rapid growth has come bigger issues. A new national survey reveals that Facebook lags behind the insurance and ...

Auto maker Toyota, Inc. was served with a Federal Grand Jury subpoena regarding faulty steering relay rods in their vehicles.  In 2004 Toyota issued a recall for defective steering relay rods in Japan stating then that the recall was isolated to vehicles sold only in Japan. Later they extended the recall to the United States. Recall notices were sent to 977,000 trucks from model years 1990 to 1995.
 
Toyota is currently being investigated to determine whether they breached the rules r ...

“This town ain’t big enough to hold the both of us!” A memorable movie quote uttered by Fred Graham in the 1945 film Bandits of the Badlands .  Within the search engine community, the only contender big enough to say this is Google. Google is the dominant force in Search Engine Marketing with over 65% of the market. Google has the algorithm, the rules, the glamour and the allure. Google PageRrank is the holy grail of SEO.  

Just recently, the two other main search engines, Yahoo! and ...

Being able to state your views without stating your name is a favorite way for a lot of people to post their views on websites. The ability to say what you want to say without fear of personal backlash or condemnation is very appealing.

CNN has reported that several newspapers, including the Buffalo News (New York) and the Attleboro Sun Chronicle (Massachusetts), have decided to not allow anonymous or guest postings anymore.  Their reasoning is this: to “raise the level of discourse” on-l ...

Vacation time is here and new information has been released about the safety of flying your dog with you on vacation.  Around 2 million pets fly on commercial flights each year.  

New U.S. Transportation Department data reveals short-faced breeds of dog are more likely to die during airline flights. Half of all dog deaths have been short-faced breeds. The breeds with the most fatalities are bulldogs, pugs, and American Staffordshire terriers.

There have been 122 dog deaths on flights ...