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"Lawyer Faces Admonition Over Facebook 'Friending' to Gather Information on Litigant," by Charles Toutant, New Jersey Law Journal, May 13, 2020
"Facebook, Twitter hold evidence that could save people from prison. And they’re not giving it up," by Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, January 21, 2020
"‘Gotcha’ vs. ‘gotchu’: How social media shorthand became key evidence in a double-murder trial," by Dan Morse, Washington Post, January 08, 2020
"Criminal Liability and Social Media: Can a 'Like' Be a Crime?," by Amr Razzak, Stacy Kray and Kelsey Merrick , The Recorder, November 06, 2019
"Social Media, Jurors and Jury Instructions," by Mark A. Berman, New York Law Journal, November 04, 2019
"Opinion: Why evidence exonerating the wrongly accused can stay locked up on Instagram," by Jeffrey D. Stein, Washington Post, September 10, 2019
"Facebook Evidence Authentication: Another 'Boring' E-Disco Opinion (Part II)," by Leonard Deutchman, Legal Intelligencer, September 06, 2018
"Authentication of Social Media," by Mark A. Berman, New York Law Journal, August 31, 2018
"Grand Juror Who Used Facebook to Tip Off Suspect Gets Her Own Prison Time," By Zach Schlein, Daily Business Review, August 23, 2018
"Lawyers May Use Facebook for Legal Questions, Bar Ethics Panel Says," by John Council, Texas Lawyer, August 16, 2018
"Could Your Social Media Posts Be Used Against You in Court?," by Ryan Boland, Legal Intelligencer, May 25, 2018
"Calif. Justices Leave Questions Hanging Over Defendant's Access to Private Social Media Posts," by Ben Hancock, National Law Journal, May 24, 2018
"Increasingly, Courts Scrutinizing Lawyers' Social Media Activity," by Charles Toutant, New Jersey Law Journal, April 30, 2018
"Calif. Supreme Court Weighs Criminal Defendants' Access to Witness' Social Media," by Ross Todd, The Recorder, March 07, 2018
"California High Court Takes Up Criminal Defendant's Bid for Private Facebook Posts," by Ross Todd, Legaltech News, January 19, 2018
