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# Social Media and Its Effects

  May 2011

The Corporate Counselor

 

 

 

 

 

 

The article defines social media as using web-based and mobile devices to interactively communicate. The article discusses uses of technology including Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter and blogs in litigation. It explains how social media has become a part of discovery. The article examines recent cases, analyzing the implications of social media for plaintiffs and defendants. The article also reviews how this type of communication is used as evidence.

 

 

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