"But You Said It On Facebook"-- Social Media Discovery and Evidentiary Issues
Geoff and I had a great opportunity to be speakers last week at the Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference. For those who don't know, this is one of the biggest conferences of its kind in the country--over 1000 lawyers from all walks of the practice. We learned a lot and made some new friends and contacts, too.
There are so many legal issues--both risks and opportunities--presented by the ever-growing world of Social Media. We didn't have all day to speak (and would have bored the audience to tears if we had), so we focused on Discovery and Evidentiary Issues with Social Media in Litigation.
I won't repeat the whole presentation here, but I will some it up: Social Media presents many new SOURCES of evidence, but it is still just evidence--all of the old evidence rules apply.
As promised, here is a .PDF copy of our Power Point presentation.
Looking forward to next year!
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