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You’ve been served by Facebook

Could you be served court papers by Facebook?  Recently a judge in Australia allowed a defendant in a law suit to be served copies of court papers by their Facebook account.  After the judge was satisfied that the defendant was the same person who owned the Facebook account and the defendant was unable to be located, the judge allowed the defendant to be served through their Facebook account.   The Legal Blog Watch has an article posted by Carolyn Elefant – Court Papers Served By Facebook

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