Spying Spouses: Social Media & Divorce / Family Law

 

Thanks to the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Family Law CLE Committee for inviting me to speak at the “Spying Spouses” seminar today.Spying_000006098210XSmall_zps7f1f3d0b

The materials for my section on “Family Law Discovery: Social Media and E-Discovery” is here.

We discussed:

* mistakes that lawyers make in e-discovery and social media discovery;

* protection for lawyers and paralegals on LinkedIn when researching people;

* guidance to your clients on their social media use;

* where to look for social media content in 2013;

* steps to obtain social media discovery and how the courts are handling discoverability;

* sample social media requests; discussion of e-discovery and litigation holds in the family law context; and

* a few helpful apps for family law lawyers.

The cases cited in the materials are here:

Cheryl Young v. Michael Young (Fla. 1st DCA 2012)
Schreiber v. Schreiber, 904 N.Y.S.2d 886 (N.Y. App. 2010)
Davenport v. State Farm, 2012 WL 555759 (M.D. Fla. 2012)
Beswick v. Northwest Medical Center, (Broward 2011)
Levine v. Culligan of Florida, 2013 WL 1100404 (Palm Beach 2013)
Salvato v. Miley, 2012 WL 2712206 (M.D. Fla. June 11, 2013)
German v. Micro, 2013 WL 143377 (S.D. Ohio 2013)
Zimmerman v. Weis Markets, Inc., 2011 WL 2065410 (Pa. 2011)
Juror Number One v. Superior Court of Sacramento (CA. App. 2012)
In Re White Tail, 2012 WL 4857777 (E.D. La. Oct. 11, 2012)
EEOC v. Original Honeybaked Ham,  (D. Colo. Nov. 7, 2012)
Perrone v. Lancaster Regional Medical Cntr. (Pa. 2013)

 

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