Electronic Discovery and the Use of Social Media in a Family-Law ...

Sources of ESI
� Types of ESI frequently at issue in family cases
�Metadata
�“Metadata is the information that many computer
applications keep about each file that is created,
and the user typically lacks access to the
metadata. Such information might include
creation and editing dates, author and user names,
comments, and historical data identifying specific
document modifications.” (Alexander, infra, at 36)
�For instance, a single email might have over a
thousand metadata properties, including dates for
sending, receiving, forwarding, replying, and
deleting as well as identities of “to,” “cc” (carbon
copy), and “bcc” (blind carbon copy) recipients.