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Undisclosed Juror Tweets and Facebook Posts Called for District Court to Conduct Further Proceedings on Actual Bias in Boston Marathon Bombing Case, Holds Split First Circuit Panel

In United States v. Tsarnaev, No. 16-6001 (1st Cir. Mar. 22, 2024), a 2-1 First Circuit panel remands the penalty phase of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s prosecution in order for the district court to revisit whether two jurors might have been biased, based on their social media posts that they failed to disclose in voir dire. ‘InContinue reading “Undisclosed Juror Tweets and Facebook Posts Called for District Court to Conduct Further Proceedings on Actual Bias in Boston Marathon Bombing Case, Holds Split First Circuit Panel”

Self-Proclaimed “D-List” Comedian Subjects Self to Personal Jurisdiction by Tagging a Tennessee-Based Company in a Tweet, Holds Sixth Circuit 

In Johnson v. Griffin, No. 23-5257 (6th Cir. Oct. 31, 2023), the Sixth Circuit holds that by targeting an individual living in Tennessee in a Twitter campaign to get them fired from their job, and specifically tagging the Tennessee-based employer, the defendant subjected herself to personal jurisdiction in that state. “Kathy Griffin, a California-based celebrityContinue reading “Self-Proclaimed “D-List” Comedian Subjects Self to Personal Jurisdiction by Tagging a Tennessee-Based Company in a Tweet, Holds Sixth Circuit “