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"Sexting" To Minors In A Rapidly Evolving Digital Age: Frix V. State Establishes The Applicability Of Georgia's Obscenity Statutes To Text Messages, Hayley S. Strong

Mercer Law Review

The capabilities of modern cell phones are advancing at an unprecedented rate, and with these advancements, cell phones now resemble personal computers in numerous ways. Messages, pictures, and videos, which were once transmittable only by computer, can now be sent from one cell phone to another or from a computer to a cell phone and vice versa. While the differences between these two electronic devices may seem increasingly trivial to the average electronics user, these differences are pivotal for the criminal defendant who has used a cell phone to send a sexually explicit text message to a minor. The disparity …

Coping With Metadata: Ten Key Steps, Steven C. Bennett, Jeremy Cloud

Mercer Law Review

Nearly every electronic document contains "metadata," information that typically does not appear in the paper form of the document but that can be retrieved from electronic files. Metadata is often harmless and irrelevant, but in some cases, it can reveal much about the creation, alteration, and transmission of a document. Metadata, moreover, may contain privileged and confidential information. In some instances, electronic documents cannot be reviewed or used efficiently without metadata. Because modern businesses and law firms depend heavily on electronic communication, data management, and word processing, lawyers must learn to cope with metadata and its legal implications.

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