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

Sources of ESI
� Places ESI can be found in family cases
�Don’t forget that electronic data is “persistent”
�“First of all, electronic data is . . . “persisten[t],”
stating, ‘Electronically stored information is more
difficult to dispose of than paper documents. A
shredded paper document is essentially
irretrievable. Likewise, a paper document that
has been discarded and taken off the premises
for disposal as trash is generally considered to
be beyond recovery. Disposal of electronically
stored information is another matter altogether.’
. . .