eDiscovery Trends: Jurors and Social Media Don’t Mix
eDiscovery Trends: Jurors and Social Media Don’t Mix https://cloudnine.com/wp-content/themes/cloudnine/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 CloudNine https://cloudnine.com/wp-content/themes/cloudnine/images/empty/thumbnail.jpgDiscovery of social media is continuing to increase as a significant issue for organizations to address, with more and more cases addressing the topic, including this one and this one that have reached various conclusions regarding the discoverability of social media. However, when it comes to social media, courts agree on one thing: jurors and social media don’t mix. Courts have consistently rejected attempts by jurors to use social technology to research or to communicate about a case, and have increasingly provided pre-trial and post-closing jury instructions to jurors to dissuade them from engaging in this practice.
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