You've Been Served ... Over Facebook?
Courts all over the world have been dealing with the strange but growing trend of serving lawsuits via Facebook. Now, a New York lawyer believes that it might soon be legal in the United States to serve someone over the social network.
Courts all over the world have been dealing with the strange but growing trend of serving lawsuits via Facebook. Now, a New York lawyer believes that it might soon be legal in the United States to serve someone over the social network.
Long Island, N.Y.-based attorney Pedram Tabibi wrote on the Long Island Business News‘ website that the practice of serving a lawsuit over Facebook in the U.S. might not be that far-fetched. He cited a court case where a judge told Chase Bank that the company could not use Facebook to track down and serve a woman who falsified information to gain a credit card.
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