This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Law Practice

Jan. 7, 2017

Informal discovery and social media hacks

Social media activity provides rich resource for informal discovery, as long as each website's rules are abided. By Michelle Sherman

Michelle Sherman

Farmers Group

6301 Owensmouth Ave Fl 3
Woodland Hills , California 91367

Phone: (818) 965-0278

Email: Michelle.Sherman@farmersinsurance.com

UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA

Michelle is author of "Winning with Social Media: A Desktop Guide for Lawyers Using Social Media in Litigation and Trial." She is in-house and an adjunct professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

By Michelle Sherman

When Sony Pictures Entertainment was the target of a cyberattack that was reportedly orchestrated by the North Korean government, the public learned of it and followed the unfolding story on various news outlets. As a direct result of the cyberattack, privacy-protected salary information of senior executives and confidential emails (some of which were later described as "thoughtless," "insensitive" and "inappropriate" by the pe...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up