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Service of legal papers through Facebook
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:02:56 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "Paul Levy" <plevy () citizen org> Date: December 17, 2008 10:41:16 AM EST To: <dave () farber net> Subject: Service of legal papers through FacebookOne of my colleagues, Margaret Kwoka, has directed my attention to an inrteresting case from Australia in which a couple who had, apparently, been ducking personal service of lien notices relating to a mortgage default were served by a private communication through Facebook.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3793491/Australian-couple-served-with-legal-documents-via-Facebook.htmlCuriously, a Facebook spokeperson is quoted as being PLEASED by the ruling which, he said, "validate[d] Facebook as a reliable, secure and private medium for communication."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/16/facebook-lien-notice-now-_n_151341.html Paul Alan Levy Public Citizen Litigation Group 1600 - 20th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 (202) 588-1000 http://www.citizen.org/litigation ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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