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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Courts - "NJ Supreme Court committee to look at what can be done to make e-discovery cost-effective and accessible to all"; "Evidence on Social Networking Sites"
For the first article, see this Nov. 10th article from the New Jersey Law Journal, which deals in the main with criminal cases.
The second article, "Evidence on Social Networking Sites," by Ken Strutin (director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association), published in the New York Law Journal, looks to be very useful. It begins:
Social networking sites offer an abundance of exculpatory and impeaching evidence that may not be obtainable without some undercover detective work. Unfortunately, discovery rules and ethical guidelines have not kept pace with the digital sprawl of MySpace and Facebook. In the absence of explicit direction from the Rules of Professional Conduct and the laws governing online behavior, flying a false flag in these uncharted waters may be hazardous.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 11, 2009 08:29 AM
Posted to Courts in general