During Trial, Court Should Have Admonished Jury Not to Google Plaintiff’s Lawyer Rather than Ordering Removal of Verdict Successes from Attorney’s Website

01 Friday Nov 2013

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in First Amendment, Jury Instructions, Law Firm Web Sites, Law Office Management, Legal Ethics, Marketing, Trial Tips and Techniques

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Censorship, First Amendment, Jury instructions, Law Firm Websites

Jurors Might Google Law Firm’s Website, but Judge Can’t Censor It During Trial, by Scott Graham, The Recorder (with hat tip to Allen Mihecoby, CLAS, RP® on LinkedIn)

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[T]the decision sets new boundaries in an area of increasing concern for trial attorneys and judges: the balance between attorney free speech rights and potential jury contamination in a networked world.