Online social media continues to change the legal world. If an attorney finds a way to serve someone through the usual means despite their best efforts can service be done through Facebook? There are more modern businesses that are not brick-and-mortar companies and exist entirely online. Service through online means is a new development that not many courts had a chance to rule on. Currently service through online social media is a novel concept, but as online social media becomes more prevalent online service may develop into a regular legal activity. Attorneys thinking about serving someone online should be familiar with the rules and requirements of the jurisdiction that they are practicing in. There will be savvy lawyers who push the envelope and courts and lawmakers will need to address this issue.
See Erdal Turnacioglu, Facebook Notification: You’ve Been Served!, Medium, March 15, 2016.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
