The Frightening Power of Social Media Investigations

On Wednesday, October 29th CALL hosted a special Halloween Workshop.  Diana Koppang of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP lectured on the Frightening Power of Social Media Investigations.  CALL members learned how to use social media websites to hunt down hard-to-find people.  Many have heard of the most popular social media websites, such as Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr,  but Diana introduced the group to new platforms that many were unfamiliar with – Ello and Topix Forums.  These sites aren’t as popular in large cities, but if you are looking for people in more rural areas, these sites might be your best bet.

Attendees discussed new hot button issues with regard to social media.  These topics included e-discovery, authentication issues, search warrants, and service of process.  Did you know that this fall a judge in New York allowed service of process through Facebook?  Check out the story here!

If you are wondering how social media investigations might help you in your job, click below to view the slides to find tips that will help with employment law, family law, criminal law, and more!

The Frightening Power of Social Media Investigations Presentation

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Community Service Committee collection for the November business meeting

Too many paperbacks? A pile of books by your bedside that you’re never going to get to? Old college text books or books your kids have outgrown? Now’s your chance to thin out your book collection and help a great cause!

The Community Service Committee will be collecting monetary donations and books to benefit Open Books at the November 22 CALL Business Meeting. Open Books welcomes any sellable book in good condition. This includes fiction, nonfiction, craft books, cookbooks, children’s books, textbooks, encyclopedias, and more! They also now accept CDs and DVDs in good playable condition. They cannot accept magazines, VHS tapes, or pre-college (K-12) textbooks.

openbooks

Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for tens of thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and the creative capitalization of books. Through their Instructional Programs, they cultivate the literacy skills of thousands of children and youth each year, from those who need intervention to those who desire enrichment. Through their Book Grant Programs, they provide readers of all ages with engaging, appropriate, and high-quality books. Each week, they deliver thousands of books to schools and nonprofits across Chicagoland.

 

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CALL Business Meeting Registration–November 20, 2014

Please use the following link to register:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GDSYQN

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Tortoise Club

350 N. State St.

Chicago, IL

Registration: 11:30 am to noon; Lunch begins at noon

Topic: Internet Privacy – presented by Lori Andrews

About the Speaker:

Lori Andrews, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law was described by the ABA Journal as “a lawyer with a literary bent who has the scientific chops to rival any CSI investigator.”  She teaches a law school class on the Law of Social Networks and is the author of the book I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy (Simon and Schuster, 2013).  She has written 13 other books, including three forensic mystery novels and a biography, Black Power, White Blood: The Life and Times of Johnny Spain, which explores a criminal case involving the Black Panthers. Her pro bono litigation involving emerging technologies caused the National Law Journal to list her as one of the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America.”  She received her BA summa cum laude from Yale College and her JD from Yale Law School.

Description of Talk:

“How Social Networks Are Changing Our Lives and Our Culture”

How many things did you reveal about yourself online today?  Your opinion of a colleague?  Your credit card number?  Your photos from last night?  These activities are common, but where does the information we post—even on what seem to be the most private or friendly of forums—truly go?

Offline, we have established legal rights—from the right to privacy to the right to a fair trial.  But now social networks are turning those rights upside down.  Colleges and employers routinely reject applicants because of information found on social networks.  Jurors post details on a case and ask their friends to vote on whether the defendant should go to jail.  Marketing companies collect information about you based on your travels on the Web, without your knowledge or consent.

The same power of information sharing that can topple governments can also topple a person’s career, marriage, finances, or even his or her future.  Lori Andrews will describe how our digital identities on the Web (email, personal websites, and social media pages) are starting to overshadow our physical identities.  She will also discuss how librarians are leading a movement to protect our rights online.

Meeting Sponsor: Bloomberg BNA

Stop by the table during the meeting to learn more about Bloomberg Law, a legal and business intelligence, news and research system designed for leading legal professionals and allows subscribers unlimited desktop and mobile access to all the information in the system.

Door Prizes: 2 giftcards will be raffled during the meeting courtesy of LexisNexis. Check out their InfoPro for news and tips for librarians.

The Community Service Committee will be collecting books in good condition and monetary donations to benefit Open Books.

Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for tens of thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and the creative capitalization of books. Through their Instructional Programs, they cultivate the literacy skills of thousands of children and youth each year, from those who need intervention to those who desire enrichment. Through their Book Grant Programs, they provide readers of all ages with engaging, appropriate, and high-quality books. Each week, they deliver thousands of books to schools and nonprofits across Chicagoland.

Open Books welcomes any sellable book in good condition. This includes fiction, nonfiction, craft books, cookbooks, children’s books, textbooks, encyclopedias, and more! They also now accept CDs and DVDs in good playable condition. They cannot accept magazines, VHS tapes, or pre-college (K-12) textbooks.

Menu:

Starter:

Kale Caesar Salad

Main Course (choose one the following and notify your server):

Home-fried Chicken with mild honey chili glaze

Baked Ham and Brie Sandwich with grainy mustard

Crabcake Sandwich – Maryland Blue Crab, sauce gribiche

(Please tell your server if you require a vegan or vegetarian entree.)

Dessert:

Choice of house-made ice cream: Bourbon Pecan or Vanilla

Freshly Brewed Coffee and Hot Tea

Cost: $25.00 – exact amount required if paying at the door.

Please contact Beth Schubert at beth.schubert@kattenlaw.com or Jesse Bowman at jesse.bowman@law.northwestern.edu with any questions you may have regarding registration.

We look forward to seeing you at the November meeting and are excited to be trying another new venue for our luncheon!

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[Continuing Education Event] The Frightening Power of Social Media Investigations – a Special Halloween CALL Workshop

The Frightening Power of Social Media Investigations – a Special Halloween CALL Workshop

Have you ever been asked to conduct a social media search on a company or individual, but felt unsure in terms of where to look and what resources to use? Are you not entirely sure what social media is?  Well, you are in luck!  The CALL Continuing Education Committee cordially invites you to a program designed to help you maneuver through the changing landscape of social media – including new platforms and security and transparency policies. Come learn tricks and tips for navigating these resources, how to present your findings and specific areas of law in which this research may be especially useful (such as intellectual property, family law and criminal law).

We hope to see you there!

 ~ The CALL Continuing Education Committee

 

Presenter:  Diana Koppang, Manager of Reference Services and Embedded Intellectual Property Librarian at Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

When: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 @ noon-1:00

Where: Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg (2 N. LaSalle, 17th Floor)

Cost: $5 Payment will be collected at the door. Please make checks payable to Chicago Association of Law Libraries

 

RSVP at this link

 

Light refreshments will be served.  Feel free to bring a lunch.

Please note that CALL’s no-show policy will apply for this event.

http://new.chicagolawlib.org/?page_id=33

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