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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

NY Bar Rules It's Ethical For Lawyers To Scour Facebook For Damaging Info

The New York Bar Association has decreed that it's okay for lawyers to troll through Facebook and other social media sites for damaging info on their opposition. There is an important caveat, though. It's only ethical if the info is publicly available. "Friending" someone for the purpose of accessing data the person only makes available to their "friends" is not kosher, nor is it cool to ask someone else to do it for you.

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