Perspective
Jun. 11, 2013
Don't believe everything you read on the Internet
An economical and potentially legally devastating method for introducing Internet writings into evidence is by requesting judicial notice. By Will Jay Pirkey
A much referred to maxim on the Internet shows a picture of Abraham Lincoln with a quotation attributed to him that reads variously as follows:
"'Don't believe everything you read on the Internet just because there is a picture with a quote next to it.' - Abraham Lincoln"
Wise words indeed, but not spoken by Abraham Lincoln as he died in 1865 and the Internet was not invented until 1958. Yet the sentim...
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