Conducting Litigation in the Social Media Age

AuthorAndrew Bernstein and Rebecca Wise
Pages367-375
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Conducting Litigation
in the Social Media Age
AndrewBernsteinandRebeccaWise*
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approximately mill ion active users Forits part Li nkedIn claims
tohavemorethanmillionmembersinmorethancountriesand
territories
Giventheprevalenceoftheseandot hersocialnetworkingwebsites
andt heinfor mationr egula rlyposte dtothem socia lmediah avethepo -
tentialto bean invaluabletoolfor litigatorsWhen usedappropriately
thereisno doubtthatsocialmed iacanbea powerfulinvestigativetool
forcounselseeki ngtogatherevidenceIndeedcounselarei ncreasingly
demanding that thecontent of social mediaaccou ntsbe produced on
discoveryCounselhavealsobeguntoconsidersocialmediaasapoten-
tiallyeectivemeansofserviceThispaperwilloutlinethekeydevelop-
 BothofTorysLLPAndrewBernsteinfocus esonbusinesslawdisputesi ncluding
intellectu alpropertyaswellascommercia landpubliclawmaersNamedasa
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newmediaclientsondefa mationandfreeexpre ssionissuesRebeccaWisesprac-
ticefocusesonc ivillitigation
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statistics
 OneHundredMill ionVoicesTwierBlogSeptemberonline
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