Law Technology

CALI Adds Social Media Best Practices Workshop to CALI Conference Agenda
CALI is hosting a Social Media Best Practices Workshop at this year's CALI Conference to help law schools develop a better understanding of these technologies, as well as suggested guidelines for law schools regarding the use of social media...

Legal Issues from Facebook and Related Social Media Technologies: Panel Discussion
From the Torys Speaker Series at the University of Ottawa Law and Technology: Facing up to Facebook A panel discussion on social media and social networking Please join the Law & Technology group as Professors Jane Bailey, Jeremy de Beer, Michael Geist, Ian Kerr, and Valerie Steeves discuss legal issues arising from Facebook and related social media [...

Weekend Reading in the Law Blog Community
Social Media Best Practices for Law Schools (Part 1) at Social Media Law Student Laura Bergus shares her adventures in pushing her law school to get real about social media. Do a Post Series on Your Blog at Blog for Profit Grant Griffiths, in the last day of his 28 Days to Build a Successful Blog series, offers [...

Social Media Best Practices for Law Schools

Why is social media such a hit
Today I want to join the dots between a few posts last week. I also want to put out a theory which may, at least partly, explain why social media sites are hits especially with teenagers...

CALI to sponsor Social Media Best Practices Workshop
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is conducting a Social Media Best Practices Workshop at its 19th Annual Conference for Law School Computing on June 18, 2009 at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, Colorado...

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Immigration Related Employment Discrimination & Unfair Labor Practices
What to do about employers who discriminate because of national origin

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

KeyBank USA
alleging the bank offered loans for fraudulent vocational schools.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Kamehameha Schools
$7 million non-native Hawaiian racial discrimination settlement.

Social Security Class Action Launched
to Reinstate Wrongfully Terminated Payments

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.