What do you expect to find when you open your Facebook page? A friend request from someone you recently met? Notification you were tagged in a picture with a loved one? How about a summons? Or maybe notice of a default judgment entered against you? The last two may sound fairly outlandish, but the reality may be closer than you think.
Given current legal trends, service of process — at least as a last resort — could soon be effectuated via social networking sites. In fact, a growing number of foreign courts have already allowed service via Facebook — recognizing the inherent benefits such sites offer plaintiffs anxious to serve elusive defendants.
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