Judge Restricts Lawyers from Researching Jurors Online.

The article discusses ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in the case Oracle Am., Inc. v. Google, Inc. that the lawyers in a copyright suit may not research the public social media posts of their prospective jurors unless they fully disclose the extent of that research to each juror involved. It include comments from Marcus R. Chatterton of American Bar Association, online juror research by lawyers. It adds alternates for counsels to mitigate risks.