Legal Research

?Friendship? by trickery

By Pamela

Whether a lawyer may use trickery to “friend” an adverse party or witness in order to gain access to information has been considered by several local bar organizations.  A recent ABA Journal article discusses those cases (several mentioned in earlier posts on this blog).  The emerging rule is that lawyers may view the public information on Facebook or other social media sites of adverse parties and witnesses.  However, they may not use deception to gain access to the private information only available to “friends” of the party or witness.

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Full post as published by Cocky Law Blawg on November 30, 2010 (boomark / email).