Facebook and Discovery, an Update

At Drug and Device Law, David Walk reports on a case in which a court "ordered plaintiff to provide his user names and passwords, directed him not to delete or alter existing information and posts, and granted defense counsel read-only access to the plaintiff’s account."

Walk concludes, "Perhaps Facebook should amend its privacy statement to include a Miranda warning: what you say on your Facebook page can and will be used against you in a court of law."

Related post: "Facebook and Discovery."

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[Gene Killian]

We have to be a little careful with this stuff. Both the New York and Philadelphia bar ethics committees have now said that lawyers cannot use subterfuge to access private pages. Public pages are fair game though.