Social media may be a lucrative new tool for businesses that should be embraced, but other elements of the business world are eternal constants—and lawsuits are one of them. And fitting that new world of social media into the existing order of litigation and e-discovery is not easy.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...