An Ontario judge has ordered a party to a civil litigation case arising from a motor vehicle accident to hand over the contents of their private Facebook profile. Importantly, the judge ruled that "a party who maintains a private, or limited access, Facebook profile stands in no different position than […]
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Canton on Facebook Activitism
David Canton looks at the success of Facebook activism in his London Free Press column.
Fired Via Facebook
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An Australian Master has ruled that legal service via Facebook is valid. The Master ruled that that the defendants in a default judgement case could be validly served by the plaintiff sending a message by computer to the Facebook pages of both defendants informing them of the entry of and […]
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