Trial attorneys are permitted to conduct internet searches (e.g., “Google”) on potential jurors during jury selection. Carino v. Muenzen, M.D., DOCKET NO. A-5491-08T15491-08T1 (Aug. 30, 2010). Attorneys are not required to “notify the court or opposing counsel in advance of their intention to take advantage of the internet access made available by the Judiciary." Id.
Despite its ruling, the Appellate Court found that Plaintiff failed to demonstrate any prejudice as a result of the trial court’s ruling, because counsel did not point to a single unqualified juror on whom he would have exercised a peremptory challenge.
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