TMI: How Your Client's Need for Likes Is Hurting Their Case

What You’ll Learn:

• The Social Media Landscape: How and why prosecutors, opposing counsel, and law enforcement monitor clients across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Snapchat, YouTube, and LinkedIn

• The Four Critical Mistakes: Deleting posts, posting about the case, third-party tagging risks, and the myth of privacy settings

• Criminal Exposure: How clients voluntarily supply location data, timelines, and admissions, and how deletions can escalate to obstruction charges

• Civil & Family Court Risks: How contradictory social media content can devastate credibility at trial, from child support disputes to workers' compensation fraud

• Client Counseling Best Practices: Integrating social media guidance into intake, advising early and consistently, and treating digital evidence management as a foundational practice skill