E-Discovery Rules Applied to Social Media: What this Means in Practical Terms for Business

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An article by Michelle Sherman posted by Sheppard Mullin on the socialmedialawupdate.com blog.

This article discusses the impact that eDiscovery rules will have upon the use of social media by corporations.

The author provides the following points, and discusses them in detail:

1. E-Discovery Rules Apply To Social Media Activity
2. Update Document Retention Policies to Include Social Media Activity
3. Identify A Vendor That Can Capture And Store Social Media Activity

In concluding remarks the author states, "Businesses cannot afford to postpone updating their document retention policies, and finding a good solution for storing their social media activity. Courts are ordering sanctions for e-discovery violations, and businesses subject to state and federal regulations are being required to store much of this information as well. If a business anticipates being involved in litigation, make sure your legal counsel is asking about your social media activity, and how the potentially relevant or discoverable data is being maintained."

P.S.  For more information on this topic feel free to read an article by Joe Bartolo of this blog posted on articlebase.com  http://www.articlesbase.com/internet-law-articles/regulating-social-media-in-the-workplace-5194851.html