Examining the Global Impact of AI + Cyber + Data + Privacy + Law = Business Risk
I recently had the pleasure of speaking to a great group of Collin County lawyers in the Collin County Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section about the practical and ethical considerations of using social media in a law practice as well as my own tips that I have learned by using social media in my practice. Here …
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The Virginia Court of Appeals recently ruled that Yelp! is required to disclose the identities of 7 anonymous posters of reviews of a business. The Court reasoned that if the reviewers are customers of the business, their opinions are protected by the First Amendment, but if they are not real customers, their reviews are false …
There may be some notion of privacy in your private Facebook wall but it is at the whim of your 498 friends — is it really? A district court recently determined that Facebook wall posts are covered by the Stored Communications Act if the privacy settings are set to limit access to only friends. However, …
Yesterday I had the wonderful opportunity to speak at the Parenting Paper<less – Technology and Single Parenting Conference 2013 and all I can say is the audience was amazing. I discussed the digital information law issues including social media law and intellectual property law (with a dose of contract law!). The audience was so engaged, so …
To answer the question I asked in a blog post about a year ago, “yes, it is”! The First Amendment does protect a Facebook “Like” as free speech. Earlier today, the United States Fourth Circuit held that a Facebook “Like” is protected speech under the First Amendment. The case is Bland v. Roberts, No. 12-1671 …
The following post has a nicely done chart showing how to cite in the MLA and APA formats for things such as blog posts, YouTube videos, tweets, Facebook posts, and email. How To Cite Social Media: MLA & APA Formats
A New York dentist had her patients sign a “mutual” agreement that, among other things, had the patient agree to not make any negative reviews of the dentist and, if she did, assigned the copyright of those reviews to the dentist. The reason for this was so, if the patient violated the agreement and made …
TAKEAWAY: Deactivating your Facebook account while in litigation may be destroying evidence that could be sanctioned by the court for spoliation of evidence. In Gatto v. United Air Lines, Inc., et al., 2:10-cv-01090 (D. NJ Mar. 25, 2013), the district court entered an order finding that the Defendants would be entitled to an instruction at trial …
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UPDATE: here is the podcast Shawn Tuma is a featured guest on this week’s PlayMaker’s Talk Show on 570 KLIF in Dallas, Texas. Shawn will discuss several social media law issues that are important for businesses and business owners to consider when using social media. The show airs at 4:00 p.m. today – Sunday, March …
Forrest Gump summed it up nicely: “stupid is as stupid does.” Thank you Forrest. It looks like these teenagers just may get a chance to learn about this from their “gallon smashing” antics. Read more and watch the video: Teens accused of ‘gallon smashing’ at local store. These teens are also about to learn one of …
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