Communicating With Potential Witnesses On Social Media

Last week, I discussed researching jurors via social media. Another area that lawyers may consider using social media for is to locate and/or research potential witnesses in a case. Some of the same concepts that apply to jurors apply to witnesses, but lawyers are not per se prohibited from actually communicating with witnesses, as they […]

Researching Jurors On Social Media

When trying a case, the more you know the better off you usually are. Information about jurors is no exception. As trial lawyers know, the amount of information one is able to obtain about potential jurors is limited (by time, by scope of questioning allowed, by juror honesty). In today’s world, it makes perfect sense […]