Happy 4th – Remembering some of my family members….

Here are just some of the many many military folks (not to mention their supporting women) that have served this country – not to mention my grandfather Early and my dad.  Here’s to them and all the others on this Fourth of July and every other day! 

 Pre -Revolutionary War   

William Chase (1621/22 England - 1684/85 Yarmouth, MA) – my 10th great grandfather
BET. 24 AUG – 2 SEP 1645 Was drummer receiving extra 5s his service   

William Jarvis (1727 Fly Creek, NY – 1772) – my 6th great grandfather  
Served as officer in French war. 

Revolutionary War  

 John Holdridge (1746 Hebron, CT – 1834, Wayne, NY) – my 5th great grandfather
(all Loudon, Albany Co., NY ):
Bef. 1777 - Private, Capt. Cook’s Co.
Bet. 01 Jan 1777–31 Dec 1779 -Sergeant, Capt. Abraham Watson’s Co., Col. John Greaton’s (2d) Regt.
Bet. 01 Jan 1780–28 Feb 1782 - Ensign, Capt. James Tisdale’s (5th) Co., Col. John Greaton’s (3d MA) Regt.
Bet. 01 Mar–30 Jun 1782 – Ensign, Capt. Abraham Watson’s (3d) Co., Col. John Greaton’s (3d MA) Regt.
Bet. 01–31 Jul 1782 – Ensign, Capt. Simon Kackson’s (8th), Co., Col. John Greaton’s (3d MA) Regt.
Bet. Aug–Sep 1782 – Lieutenant, Capt. Simon Jackson’s (8th) Co., Col. John Greaton’s (3d MA) Regt.   

Joshua P Stepp

Civil War

Joshua P. Stepp (1824 Buncombe Co., NC to 1862) – my 4th great grandfather
Civil War Soldier – South.   Pictured here. 

 Marcus Maloney Jones (1846 Buncombe Co., NC – 1923) – my 3rd great grandfather
Regiment Name 29 North Carolina Infantry Company B Private in and out 
A snapshot of three veterans of the Civil War when they attended a reunion at , including Marcus in the middle, is pictured here. 

Marcus Jones

Mitchell A. Jenkins (1832, NC – 1862, NC) – my 3rd great grandfather
Enlisted in Company F, North Carolina 29th Infantry Regiment on 31 Aug 1861. 
Mustered out on 12 May 1862 at Cumberland Gap, TN

More on judges can be facebook friends …sort of

In January I blogged here about the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee of the Florida Supreme Court  and about the South Carolina Department of Justice ethics opinions at the time on whether judges could be Facebook friends with other lawyers.   Now, it looks like there are more opinions…

NEW YORK: Link here for an article on the new New York opinion on the topic.  The New York opinion is here.   My opinion of the New York opinion?  They “punted.”  Here’s an excerpt of what they said:

         The judge also should be mindful of the appearance created when he/she establishes a connection with an attorney or anyone else appearing in the judge’s court through a social network. In some ways, this is no different from adding the person’s contact information into the judge’s Rolodex or address book or speaking to them in a public setting. But, the public nature of such a link (i.e., other users can normally see the judge’s friends or connections) and the increased access that the person would have to any personal information the judge chooses to post on his/her own profile page establish, at least, the appearance of a stronger bond. A judge must, therefore, consider whether any such online connections, alone or in combination with other facts, rise to the level of a “close social relationship” requiring disclosure and/or recusal (Compare Opinion 07-141 with Opinion 06-149).

KENTUCKY: The Kentucy opinion is here.   My opinion of the Kentucky opinion?  I think they got it right.  Hooray!  Here’s an excerpt of what they said:

While the nomenclature of a social networking site may designate certain participants as “friends,” the view of the Committee is that such a listing, by itself, does not reasonably convey to others an impression that such persons are in a special position to influence the judge. *** While social networking sites may create a more public means of indicating a connection, the Committee’s view is that the designation of a “friend” on a social networking site does not, in and of itself, indicate the degree or intensity of a judge’s relationship with the person who is the “friend”. The Committee conceives such terms as “friend,” “fan” and “follower” to be terms of art used by the site, not the ordinary sense of those words. Recent judicial ethics opinions in other states have reached conflicting results.  See  Fla. Jud. Ethics Advisory Opinion 2009-20(concluding that judges may not add lawyers who may appear before the judge as “friends” on a social networking site); contra N.Y. Judicial Ethics Advisory Opinion 08-176(concluding that judges may belong to internet-based social network, but should exercise discretion and otherwise comply with Rules Governing Judicial Conduct); S.c. Advisory Committee Opinion 17-2009(concluding that ajudge may be a member of Facebook and be “friends” with law enforcement officers, so long as they do not discuss matters relating to the judge’s position). The Florida committee found it significant that in order for a judge to list someone as a “friend,” or for another person to list the judge as a “friend,” the judge was required to consent to the listing.

 

April 2010 B2B Article on False Advertising and Social Media

Yes, Virginia, false advertising laws can apply in the social media realm.  See my Dayton Daily News B2B Article in the April edition entitled “Social media imposes high standard on businesses: Advertising claims remain subject to federal, state laws; reputation is on continual display.”   To read, go here.

March 2010 B2B Article on Copyright Law Myths and Social Media

My March 2010 article entitled “Online world not exempt from copyright rules” was published in the Dayton Daily News’ B2B Magazine (available online).  The article uses a “Q & A” format to give brief responses to a few of the common myths regarding copyright and explains that copyright rules can apply in your use of social media as well as they can in the online or offline worlds. For the article, go to this page here.   (and page over).

American Express apparently sued Black Card LLC

It’s the dualing “Black Cards.” See my May 2009 post on this here.

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