In a striking reversal of a decision of the Appellate Division, First Department, the New York Court of Appeals firmly rejected the notion that there is a heightened “factual predicate” standard for discovery of material posted by a plaintiff on social media in Kelly Forman v. Mark Henkin, 2018 WL 828101, 2018 N.Y. LEXIS 180(February 13, 2018).  In its ruling, the high court explained that: “While Facebook–and sites like it–offer relatively new means of sharing information with others, there is nothing so novel about Facebook materials that precludes application of New York’s long-standing disclosure rules to resolve this dispute.” Prior to this … Continue reading →