What’s Not to Like? Using Social Media In Employment Litigation

Social media and discovery is an area rife with potential drama: pictures of a plaintiff vacationing in Hawaii after he’s called in sick? Yes, please! How and should we access such juicy information?

 

Litigation-related discovery of social media content is generally permissible. The main problem is that—both in formal discovery and in other forms of fact-finding—there isn’t a complete picture on how far one can go to obtain it. Below are some tips to help employers stay in the friend-zone while using social media to their advantage in litigation.

 

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