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Cranfill Sumner LLP

Defamation and Reputation Management in the Digital Age

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Defamation is the act of communicating false statements about a person that injures their reputation. Legal protections for a person’s reputation go back to common law and were well developed over the past two centuries....more

Ius Laboris

Handling criticism in the social media era

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In the era of social networks, organisations frequently find themselves dealing with risks to their image and privacy rights deriving from the use of these tools. ...more

K&L Gates LLP

Digital Crisis PR: Removal of Unlawful Content from Digital Platforms

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Whether you are an individual, a start-up, or a multi-million dollar corporation, there is an art to removal-or “takedowns”- of unlawful content or negative reviews that have been posted about you or your business online. In...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Court “Likes” NLRB’s Determination that Facebook Posts Are Protected under the NLRA

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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) decision that employees’ Facebook posts are protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Three D, LLC d/b/a Triple Play...more

Cozen O'Connor

Post Summer Part 3 of 5 - Passive Recipient or Active Trickery?

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Last week began this series of five posts to highlight five developments from this past summer in the area of social media and employment law. In Part 3 today: If an employee’s Facebook post can reasonably support an adverse...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Washington State Enacts Law Restricting Employers’ Access to Private Social Media Accounts

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Effective July 28, 2013, Washington joined several states in prohibiting employers from seeking access to their employees’ or prospective employees’ private social-media accounts....more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

What is a Social Media Will?

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A government publication called the Consumer Action Handbook refers to the preparation of a social media will. Many people have online accounts of various types. What happens to them when you die?...more

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Youthful Indiscretions: California Bills Poised to Regulate Use of Minors’ Data on Social Networks

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Two bills designed to facilitate the removal of minors’ personal information from social networking sites are currently under consideration in the California State Assembly, after being approved in the upper house of the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

eWorkplace Policies – Social-Media, Privacy & Internet-Security

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Traditional concerns for employers have included: harassing or other discriminatory actions; other conduct leading to liability to third-parties; forbidden fraternizing; criminal activity; “frolic and detour” or other...more

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