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October 17, 2007
Lawyers Love Social Networking Sites
Law.com - MySpace Is a Treasure Chest for Cases:
“‘It’s an everyday occasion,’ said Joan Malbrough, a partner at the three-attorney firm, which handles family law, personal injury and corporate law matters. ‘Every new client we do a MySpace and Facebook search on to see if they or their spouse have any useful information.’
“In one case, Malbrough said she helped secure shared custody for the father after finding his wife had posted sexually explicit comments on her boyfriend’s MySpace page. In another case, a husband’s credibility was questioned because, on his MySpace page, he said he was single and looking.
“Lawyers in civil and criminal cases are increasingly finding that social networking sites can contain treasure chests of information for their cases. Armed with printouts from sites such as Facebook and MySpace, attorneys have used pictures, comments and connections from these sites as powerful evidence in the courtroom.”
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