ON INTRODUCING ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE: WEB PAGES

PAGE VAULT software allows legal professionals to easily capture webpage content (social media, corporate websites, blog posts) in a way that is forensically defensible and legally admissible. With one click, webpages are archived exactly as they appear online, key metadata is automatically stored, and an easy-to-share output file is created. Captures can be immediately downloaded or imported into standard eDiscovery platforms.

Affidavits are also available that attest to the patent-pending architecture that preserves an evidential chain of custody. In addition to software solutions, Page Vault also offers Collection Services to assist law firms with complex webpage and website captures. This service is especially suitable for high-volume capture projects, such as websites containing large numbers of pages.

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See https://www.page-vault.com/

DEFAMATION AND THE CO-OP BOARD

The New York Law Journal reports today that a former co-op board president may go forward with his defamation claim against a group of co-op shareholders who publish a website critical of him (Trump Village Section 4 v. Bezvoleva, 509277/2014, Supreme Ct., Brooklyn). The court stated that the common interest privilege nor the public figure doctrine protected the website and that it could not be considered mere opinion.

Here is a link to the website for anyone to judge for themselves:

http://tv4news.org/

ATTORNEYS AND LINKEDIN

The New York County Lawyers Association Professional Ethics Committee on March 11, 2015 issued a "Formal Opinion 780" on attorney LinkedIn profiles.  The decision, states, in relevant part:

“A LinkedIn profile that contains only one’s education and current and past employment does not constitute Attorney Advertising. If an attorney includes additional information in his or her profile, such as a description of areas of practice or certain skills or endorsements, the profile may be considered Attorney Advertising, and should contain the disclaimers set forth in Rule 7.1.” For those of you on LinkedIn, please review your profile. If your profile fits into Attorney Advertising, as defined by the recent ethics opinion, you must include a disclaimer from Rule 7.1 (i.e., “Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.”).

The full opinion can be found at this link:

http://www.nycla.org/siteFiles/Publications/Publications1748_0.pdf