Conducting Litigation in the Social Media Age

• Author: Andrew Bernstein and Rebecca Wise
• Pages: 367-375

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Conducting Litigation

in the Social Media Age

AndrewBernsteinandRebeccaWise*

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inentroleinindividualsdailylivesAttheendofFacebookhad

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tohavemorethanmillionmembersinmorethancountriesand

territories

Giventheprevalenceoftheseandothersocialnetworkingwebsites

andtheinformationregularlypostedtothemsocialmediahavethepo-

tentialtobeaninvaluabletoolforlitigatorsWhenusedappropriately

thereisnodoubtthatsocialmediacanbeapowerfulinvestigativetool

forcounselseekingtogatherevidenceIndeedcounselareincreasingly

demandingthatthecontentofsocialmediaaccountsbeproducedon

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newmediaclientsondefamationandfreeexpressionissuesRebeccaWisesprac-

ticefocusesoncivillitigation

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