Can You Hear (or See) Me Now? No, and that May Constitute Spoliation
2/24/16
By: Andy Treese
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently held that a municipality may be subject to sanctions for failure to preserve audio recordings of a police pursuit when the recordings were destroyed in the ordinary course of business before …
Court Hears Oral Argument in Closely-Watched Yelp Defamation Case
11/14/14
By Matt N. Foree
Business owners and free speech advocates are anxiously awaiting a Virginia Supreme Court ruling in the Yelp, Inc., v. Hadeed Carpet Cleaning defamation case. In this matter, the owner of a carpet cleaning company …
Internet Defamation: Parents Can Be Held Liable for Children’s Facebook Posts
10/16/14
By: Wayne S. Melnick
One of the newest and most quickly developing areas of tort liability is regarding torts committed over the internet. The most common “traditional” tort that occurs (or is alleged to have occurred) when it comes to …
