Recent Posts in Social Networking and the Law Category
| July 08, 2009 |
| FACEBOOK and Divorce |
| Posted By L. Anthony Bompiani, Esquire |
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Here is an interesting article by Belinda Luscombe of Time Magazine:
Not
long after Patrick told his wife Tammie he wanted a divorce, she posted
an angry, hurt note on "the wall," or public-comments section, of his
Facebook page. Embarrassed that his colleagues, clients, church friends
and family could see evidence of his marital woes, he deleted it and
blocked his wife from seeing his page. A couple of days later, the IT
worker in Florida--who asked that his last name not be used in this
story — found alarmed messages from two Facebook friends in his inbox.
Tammie had used a mutual friend's account to view Patrick's wall and
e-mailed several women he had had exchanges with. He says her e-mails
were borderline defamatory. She says they merely noted that he was
married with children, a fact he had left off his Facebook profile.
Either way: Ouch.
Find the rest of the article here.
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| April 23, 2009 |
| Facebook Friend Request Results in Suspension for Philadelphia Court Officer |
| Posted By L. Anthony Bompiani, Esquire |
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The Associated Press
April 23, 2009
PHILADELPHIA
(AP) -- A court officer in Philadelphia nearly lost his job after he
sent a friend request to a juror on the social networking Web site
Facebook.
Court officials say Nicholas Stampone Jr. was suspended for 10 days earlier this month for inappropriate contact with a juror.
First
Judicial District court administrator David Lawrence says Stampone sent
a friend request to a female juror who was sitting for a case in the
courtroom in which he worked. Stampone was suspended on April 6 after
the juror reported the request.
Find the full article here.
What happen to the finding
that Facebook and YouTube at work make better employees? Not in this
case, I guess. Or maybe that's yesterday's news. Unfortunately, the
article does not state Stampone's age or the age of the juror. There's
also no mention of whether or not the two knew each other before this
particular instance. I'm guessing that they didn't. If they didn't, I
find it a little creepy that there was some Facebook searching going on
to find this particular juror. Live and learn.
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