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Archive for February 2012

Jurors going to jail? It could happen

First, if you currently are on a jury and are reading this blog or other Internet information please stop immediately. You probably received an instruction from the judge you could not do any independent research or investigation. Your entire decision must be based on what you hear or see from the witness stand.  However, if [...]

Social media discovery

What does social media and discovery mean to you? In the lawsuit arena it means anything you’ve posted on your facebook or other social media page may be reviewed by the defense lawyer. This will be up to a judge, but remember anything you publish online could be reviewed by the defendant and or his/her [...]

Aggressive and Tenacious

What does aggressive and tenacious mean in the context of hiring a lawyer? Candidly I’m going to admit I don’t know. It seems a lot of lawyers these days advertise they’re aggressive and tenacious or just plain aggressive. I will confess I’ve never snarled like my German shepherd at an insurance lawyer or certainly not at a [...]

Sexually transmitted disease

Did you know that transmitting a sexually transmitted disease to your partner is not only a horrible thing to do to a person you care about, it’s also a crime?  Florida statute 384.24 makes such conduct a misdemeanor if you have done so with the knowledge you had such a disease.  Knowingly transmitting the virus [...]