Gillian Fishman

THE FINE PRINT ON THE “DELETE” BUTTON GILLIAN FISHMAN | FEBRUARY 9, 2015 Anything you post online can and will be used against you in a court of law. Even if you delete it. THE DELETE THAT COST MAJOR DOLLARS Isaiah Lester lost his wife in a tragic accident. While driving down Route 53 in Charlottesville, Virginia, a 60,000 pound concrete truck sped around a bend, flipped onto Lester’s car, and killed his wife, Jessica. A year and a half after a jury awarded the Lesters $10.6 million for Jessica’s wrongful death, the family’s verdict was cut in half when the judge sanctioned Lester and his attorney, Matt Murray, for deleting photos from Lester’s Facebook profile. Murray told Lester to “clean up” his Facebook after receiving a discovery request from opposing counsel asking for the profile’s contents. Attached to the request was a picture of Lester drinking a beer and wearing an “I