At a Dec. 19 webinar assembled by Hanzo, a data collection and archiving technology provider, legal technology and in-house professionals discussed the use of social media in litigation, compliance and investigations. The panelists noted that courts have approached the discovery of social media by stressing the need to assess posts’ relevance on a case-by-case basis.

When conducting an internal investigation of an employee, the freedom to investigate his or her social media is nearly unlimited, so long as the postings are made through the company’s server, said DHL Supply Chain Americas general counsel Mark Smolik.