With the rise of social media, dozens of states are grappling with how services like Facebook fit with the Code of Judicial Ethics.

A Wisconsin woman accused of trying to plan terrorist attacks using hacked social media accounts has pleaded not guilty to charges against her.

Lamanta Reese lived much of his gang life in virtual reality, posting videos on YouTube of him and others taunting rivals. He died at age 19 in the real world, bleeding from his head onto a porch on Chicago's South Side after one of those gang rivals, prosecutors say, shot him 11 times. Another possible factor in his slaying: A smiley-face emoji Reese posted that the suspected gunman may have interpreted as a slight about his mom.

Impersonating someone on social media would be made a crime under a bill up for a vote in the Wisconsin Assembly.

The New Year has brought a new turn for the state's ethics rules for the use of technology.

The culmination of a tense political season ends Tuesday at the ballot box. So, it might be tempting to snap a selfie photo with your ballot after you're done voting.

Two juvenile girls have been arrested for making clown-related threats using social media in southeastern Wisconsin, copying dozens of similar incidents across the country.

The essential thing to remember about social media is that it lets you seek or enjoy the companionship of others using means that also let you consume information and that are shared by the news media.

The partners in charge of Urban & Taylor S.C. decided about seven years ago to call it quits on updates of the Milwaukee firm's Facebook and Twitter pages.

Although I have written before about social media and ethics, a recent court order has me thinking yet another admonition is in order.

In this age of cyberspace incivility, do remarks on Facebook that impugn a person’s reputation and character constitute defamation?

Remember the Marlboro Man, that stalwart image forever linked to the American West? A symbol of ruggedness, he was used by the Philip Morris tobacco company to sell millions and millions of cigarettes from 1954 to 1999.

A western Wisconsin woman is accused of chatting on Facebook before a crash that killed three children, including her daughter and two nieces, in December 2013.

Along with the Internet, for most professionals social media is an aspect of the way we do business.

From the violent lyrics of rap music to the crude comments of teenagers in video-game chat rooms, the U.S. Supreme Court struggled Monday over where to draw the line between free speech and illegal threats in the digital age.

Trial consultant Amy Singer doesn’t mince words when talking about the need for attorneys to use social media when preparing for a trial.

The rules of professional responsibility, much like the wheels of justice, are slow to come around.

For years now I’ve been an advocate of Web-based computing and have asserted that it will change the practice of law as we know it.

A police chief in Wisconsin pleaded no contest Friday to a charge that he signed a local tea party leader up on gay dating, pornography and federal health care websites.

How did people find a lawyer before Al Gore "invented" the Internet? They asked a friend, saw an ad on TV, or looked one up in the phone book.

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the free speech rights of people who use violent or threatening language on Facebook and other electronic media where the speaker's intent is not always clear.

It’s the stuff of science-fiction films: You wake up to find that there’s an impostor on the loose. The impostor looks just like you and is pretending to be you, even managing to fool some of your closest friends.

With one click of the mouse, consumers can sign away their right to pursue a claim in court or take part in a class action.

A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor is suing a former graduate student who posted online comments and videos that the teacher considers defamatory.

In a landmark ruling that could rock the Internet search-engine industry, Europe's highest court said Tuesday that people are entitled to some control over what pops up when their name is Googled.

While there’s no question that marketing through social media offers another avenue to sell yourself and build relationships, it continues to perplex many lawyers and law firms.

The term e-discovery has been around long enough to have become part of the vernacular. But do you know as much as you think you do about electronic discovery?

In the not-so-distant past, the IT department usually served as blend of fix-it shop and complaint desk. They’ve evolved since then, though many firms still underutilize their IT departments because they see technology in a reactive way.

Gov. Scott Walker signed 62 bills on Tuesday, including several bills that may affect legal proceedings.

In the technology world, one of the newer phrases taking hold is “responsive web design,” a strategy that calls for crafting sites that make navigation easier.