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First Amendment Does Not Save NJ Teacher from Postings Firing

Icon January 15, 2013 – 2:53 pm

In a January 11, 2013 ruling, the New Jersey Appellate Division upheld the administrative dismissal of a first grade teacher.  She had argued that the First Amendment precluded her firing — which was based on two Facebook postings.  In the Matter of the Tenure Hearing of Jennifer O’Brien, (NJ App. Div. January 11, 2013).  One [...]



NLJ: Smaller Law Firms Have Digital Advantage

Icon November 19, 2010 – 7:37 am

In a recent National Law Journal article, Adrian Dayton argues that smaller law firms have been much better at jockeying for online positioning and expanding their digital footprint.  Driven by the ultimate goal of search engine optimization (SEO), these firms have been using blogs, FaceBook, Twitter and LinkedIn to get noticed in ways the largest firms are not.  As pointed out [...]