Labor & Employment Law

How Web 2.0 Influences E-Discovery

How Web 2.0 Influences E-Discovery
Source: The Virtual Chase, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP; Free subscriptions available at http://www.virtualchase.com/tvcalert/. Reproduced with permission. Copyright © 2008, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP. All rights reserved.

(1 Jul) This article examines the impact of the social Web, or Web 2.0, on electronic discovery.

"[I]f a company employee posts information (large amounts, such as blog posts, or small amounts, such as a link to a business contact) to an Internet site or service, is that information susceptible to discovery? Has Web 2.0 created another container or location of relevant data that counsel must pay attention to in advocating on behalf of their client?"

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on June 04, 2008 (boomark / email).