You’re away on business and before you head off to bed you text your wife “good night honey, don’t let the bed bugs bite.” The next day your wife gets a call from Corky’s Pest Control offering their services to help with your bed bug problem. Yes, Big Brother is watching… and listening… and tracking. But it’s not just the government and companies – your soon-to-be ex-spouse could be hacking your emails, stalking you on Facebook or sticking a GPS tracking device on your SUV.
Divorce & Social Media Spying
Social Media spying has become a major issue in contentious divorce cases.
In this CLE course, veteran Family Law attorney Henry Gornbein will teach you about electronic spying and tracking in divorce cases. He will mainly address: potential liabilities for spousal tracking, social media use during divorce, Federal laws against spying, the use of technology to spy on spouses and using social media evidence & ESI. To access the course please click here: Social Media and Beyond: Electronic Spying and Tracking Spouses in Divorce Cases.
Also covered:
- Invasion of privacy
- Laws regarding unauthorized computer access
- Stalking & harassment statutes
- Counseling clients on social media use before & during the divorce
- Social media as a tool and a weapon
- The Federal Wiretap Act
Attorney vicarious liability- The Stored Communications Act
- The Electronic Communications Privacy Act
- The First Amendment
- GPS tracking
- iPhone apps for divorce lawyers & clients
- Spyware
- Unauthorized computer access
- Telephone issues
- Six issues with Facebook evidence
- Admissibility of surveillance evidence
- Federal Rules of Evidence 104, 901 & 902
- Authentication of social media posts
- Tips for getting evidence admitted
Henry Gornbein practices in all areas of Michigan family law including divorce, child custody, parenting time, child support, spousal support, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, interstate custody issues, domicile issues, as well as mediation and arbitration of all family law matters. In addition, he has a Television show, is associated with “Divorce Source Radio” and writes for the Huffington Post.
This CLE course is offered in the following states:
- Alaska (AK)
- Arizona (AZ)
- California (CA)
- Connecticut (CT)
- District of Columbia (DC)
- Illinois (IL)
- Maryland (MD)
- Massachusetts (MA)
- Michigan (MI)
- Missouri (MO)
- New Hampshire (NH)
- New Jersey (NJ)
- New York (NY)
- North Dakota (ND)
- Pennsylvania (PA)
- South Dakota (SD)
Attorney Credits offers CLE for attorneys in Illinois and around the country. For more information about CLE in Illinois please click the following link: IL CLE.