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No friending jurors

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal court in Louisiana warned attorneys in a high-profile wrongful termination lawsuit against Louisiana State University that they may not ask to “follow” or “friend” any juror or potential juror on social networking sites during jury selection or trial. Both sides are also ordered not to attempt to gain access to Internet posts or profiles that are “not otherwise publicly available.”

Read the ruling here.

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