“Subpoena Her Facebook Page!”
Normally, having a Facebook or MySpace page is a great social networking tool for keeping in touch with friends and acquaintances. However, sometimes it can contain damaging evidence against your client. (Here are some examples of how the police have used MySpace to detect or prosecute crimes: MySpace crime examples). Anyway, I just wanted to point out a great article written by Mark Hermann (author of The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law) entitled “E-Discovery for Defendants.” In the...
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STOP! Before you email another Word document to opposing counsel, read this quick article! Hopefully, you’re already aware of the dangers of “meta-data” in electronic documents. If you’re not, here’s a quick primer. Every electronic document (ex. Word or Excel files) that you create contains invisible information. This information can include changes made to documents, the names of anyone who commented on the document, etc. This information could be potentially dangerous if it...
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