Last month, we discussed some of the legal and ethical issues surrounding access to and use of information available through social networking media. In New York, thanks to a 2010
Obtaining Evidence from Social Networking Sites
If an attorney (or his or her agent) uses trickery to gain access to data that the owner allows only certain people to see, the ethical line will be crossed. Ultimately, if an attorney suspects that private data could be useful to the litigation of a family issue, court intervention should be sought.
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