" using social networking and web 2.0 internet sites for research and jury selection"

Matthew J. ConigliaroCarlton Fields, PAmconigliaro@carltonfields.com

Christopher B. HopkinsButzel Long, PChopkins@butzel.com

Social Networking in the News

Social Networking in the NewsState of Florida v. Casey Anthony – Photobucket.com Evidence

Possible Web 2.0 QuestionsFor Voir Dire

Do you use MySpace or Facebook? Have you?

Do you publish a blog? Have you?

Do you read any online news sources (e.g., Drudge

Report, Slate.com, local newspapers with blogs)?

Do you post on any message boards? If so, which

ones, and under what moniker?

Searching People on the Internet

Use during jury selection

Pre-suit to locate individuals

Parties and Witnesses

Opposing Counsel

Experts

Internet Searches to Research People

1) Google: [name] +

[hometown]or

[business/occupation] for a

general search;

2) Google News

3) Local News

4) Employer website

5) Wink.com

Internet Searches to Research People

6) Zoominfo.com: search[name] 7) Blogs: search[name] on

www.blogsearch.google.com8) Facebook/MySpace: a search on Facebook

should reveal a photo and [name]’s group of friends; a “Find Friends” search on MySpace will reveal [name]’s page

9) Other networking sites: try www.yoname.com10)“Photo sharing” sites: YouTube, Shutterfly,

Flickr, and Photobucket.com to see if [name] appears in videos or images

Other Useful Internet Searches to Research People

Arrests and lawsuits

www.pbso.org/corrections

courtcon.co.palm-beach.fl.us

Workers’ compensation

www.jcc.state.fl.us/jcc/searchjcc

Corporation search

www.sunbiz.org

Other Useful Internet Searches to Research People

Political Contributions

www.campaignmoney.com

www.pbcelections.org

Consumer Complaints

www.pbcgov.com/

publicsafety/

consumeraffairs

Other Useful Internet Searches to Research People

Google Street View

Marketing on Web 2.0“Regular” firm / company websiteProfessional blogUse Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn to make

announcementsUse same sites to drive readers to your

blog posts

Marketing on Web 2.0

Matthew J. ConigliaroCarlton Fields, PAmconigliaro@carltonfields.com

Christopher B. HopkinsButzel Long, PChopkins@butzel.com