New York employers recently got a boost from the state’s highest court, which confirmed that social media users may be required to turn over information from their accounts – regardless of the user’s chosen privacy settings – as part of the discovery process.

The decision in Forman v. Henkin will likely prove useful to employers both in and outside New York, who often seek disclosure of their adversaries’ posts on Facebook or other social media during litigation with their employees.

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