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As part of a charity effort for the Connecticut bar foundation, Daniel Schwartz has invited Twitter users to summarize a single Supreme Court case of their choice in a single Tweet, that is, in 140 characters or less. Some of the more amusing results:

@gideonstrumpet Gideon v. Wainwright: helping poor people get convicted WITH the assistance of counsel since 1963.

@GoldnI Brown v. Board of Ed: “Hey Eisenhower, just kidding about the conservative thing. Love, Earl Warren.”

@conlawgeek Gonzales v. Raich: “Dude, but I have a valid prescription for… uh… medical… uh… what were we talking about?”

@Popehat Lawrence v. Texas: “….not that there’s anything wrong with that.”

@ThirdTierAmie Buck v. Bell: You’re dumb, your mama’s dumb, even your mama’s mama is dumb! Three generations of imbeciles are enough!

@AdamBonin Pleasant Grove City v Summum: Put up your wacky religious monument in your own damn park, freaks.

@david_m_wagner Wickard v. Filburn: Wheat. Wheat. The Constitution’s dead, they’re talkin’ about wheat.

@coolasmcqueen U.S. v. Nixon: We have the privilege of informing you that you ARE a crook

My own contribution:

@walterolson Bates v. State Bar of Ariz.: OK guys, go ahead and advertise for clients. Might boost our traffic down the road.

[cross-posted from Point of Law]

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March 2 roundup

by Walter Olson on March 2, 2010

Tweet ye not

by Walter Olson on February 25, 2010

Agency Spy: “Brands Scolded for Tweeting About Olympics”

January 27 roundup

by Walter Olson on January 27, 2010

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Attorney Marc Randazza responds (PDF) to the nastygram over Twitter and Facebook complaints by a dissatisfied Florida man about Route 60 Hyundai. [Russ Lemmon, TCPalm] Earlier: Dec. 26.

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A nastygram from Route 60 Hyundai [Obscure Store, TC Palm, Florida]

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October 23 roundup

by Walter Olson on October 23, 2009

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Via Anne Reed of Deliberations: “bring your Ouija board to jury duty and display it openly.” And another: “Bring your cat to Jury Duty dressed as a little baby.”

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Apparently plaintiff TechRadium asserts patent rights over emergency notification systems, and Twitter came into its cross-hairs because, among its many, many other uses, it permits municipalities and other users to warn affected persons of emergencies. [Elefant, Legal Blog Watch; earlier]

TechCrunch and Wired/Threat Level have details on a Texas firm’s claim.

Incidentally, and as a reminder, you can follow this site on Twitter at @overlawyered (a mix of auto-Tweets of new posts, and original links/material), and my personal account at @walterolson (some law-related content, some other). Point of Law, where I also post, has an account too.

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RadioMicMike Semple Piggot at the well known British law site, Charon QC, interviewed me yesterday for his LawCast podcast series. We talked about why British legal blogs are more often personality- rather than practice-driven compared with those here, the pluses and minuses of Twitter, and the recession for big-firm lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic, among other topics. Results are here (iTunes version).

I was also interviewed last week by Duane Lester of All American Blogger for his online radio show “Bloglines” at RFC – Radio for Conservatives. It was something of a Legal Blogging Week for his show — other guests included Eugene Volokh of Volokh Conspiracy and Bill Jacobson of Legal Insurrection. I’ll post the audio link when it becomes available.

Not only have some readers taken seriously the Twitter posts of “Beatrice Bitcher” and “Richard Prickman“, but one of them even invited “Bitcher” to join an online networking group, the Professional Women’s Network of Southern California, which she did. [Ambrogi, Legal Blog Watch]

Matthew Heller at OnPoint News has been digging further into that Chicago landlord-tenant fight that culminated in a cause celebre lawsuit over a posting on Twitter (earlier). More: Marc Randazza.

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Former tenant Amanda Bonnen had just 22 followers on Twitter when she commented in a strongly negative way about Horizon Realty of Chicago. And here’s what a spokesman for Horizon is quoted as saying about its lawsuit:

We’re a sue first, ask questions later kind of an organization.

[Podcasting News, Mashable] More: WSJ Law Blog, Charles @ Popehat, Volokh, Bayard/Citizen Media Law. And according to a followup in the WSJ Law Blog, Horizon has apologized for the “sue first” comment, characterizing it as tongue in cheek, and says when it filed the libel action it was already the defendant in a lawsuit filed by Bonnen.

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Should we assume this Southern California lawyer is even aware of the Twitter account sending out messages in his name? The “Bio” line seems to have been drawn up by someone trained in the Borat school of copywriting:

Bio Hi I am Attorney Robert A. B[...]. I am running a successful personal injury Lawyer in Los Angeles California. My Law firm offer legal representation for……………

As of this evening, 186 Twitter users have seen fit to follow the account.

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July 14 roundup

by Walter Olson on July 14, 2009

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Our “law firm would be happy to discuss your rape case with you during a free consultation” [The Briefcase, Ohio law blog; original, posted by a Boston law firm, Jan. 2008]

While we’re at it, Above the Law spots a San Antonio lawyer whose advertising leaves something to be desired in the tastefulness department; and Patrick at Popehat enters into communication with the Twitter account @SueEasy (more on which) with lively results.

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Social media reminders

by Walter Olson on June 18, 2009

Haven’t promoted it in a while, but Overlawyered has its Facebook fan page. Find out who else is a fan! And the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, with which I’m affiliated, has just launched its own fan page here.

While we’re at it, remember that if you’re on Twitter, you can follow Overlawyered (featuring sporadic original material as well as a feed of new posts), Point of Law (ditto), and my own personal account.

Also while we’re on the subject, please take a moment to add Overlawyered to your RSS reader if you haven’t already.