Conducting Litigation in the Social Media Age
Author | Andrew Bernstein and Rebecca Wise |
Pages | 367-375 |
Conducting Litigation
in the Social Media Age
AndrewBernsteinandRebeccaWise*
Inthepastseveralyearssocialmediahaveplayedanincreasinglyprom-
inentroleinindividualsdailylivesAttheendofFacebookhad
mill ion users worldwide Around the same time Twierboasted
approximately mill ion active users Forits part Li nkedIn claims
tohavemorethanmillionmembersinmorethancountriesand
territories
Giventheprevalenceoftheseandothersocialnetworkingwebsites
andtheinformationregularlypostedtothemsocialmediahavethepo-
tentialtobeaninvaluabletoolforlitigatorsWhenusedappropriately
thereisnodoubtthatsocialmediacanbeapowerfulinvestigativetool
forcounselseekingtogatherevidenceIndeedcounselareincreasingly
demandingthatthecontentofsocialmediaaccountsbeproducedon
discoveryCounselhavealsobeguntoconsidersocialmediaasapoten-
tiallyeectivemeansofserviceThispaperwilloutlinethekeydevelop-
BothofTorysLLPAndrewBernsteinfocusesonbusinesslawdisputesincluding
intellectualpropertyaswellascommercialandpubliclawmaersNamedasa
TopLawyerunderhealsofrequentlyadvisesanddefendstraditionaland
newmediaclientsondefamationandfreeexpressionissuesRebeccaWisesprac-
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