Millions of people every day post their thoughts, concerns, and day-to-day experiences on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other social networking sites.1 The contents of these sites have become a potentially invaluable source of information for attorneys preparing for litigation.
Divorce attorneys, for instance, routinely scour an adversary’s Facebook page for evidence of infidelity.2 In criminal cases, it is common for prosecutors to obtain and exploit incriminating evidence obtained from a defendant’s social networking account.3 And attorneys defending personal injury actions may find helpful impeaching evidence on a plaintiff’s Facebook page.4
