Tag: Social media law

Social Media Law: The Legal Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media

Here is my most recent presentation titled Social Media Law: The Legal Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media. Please take a look at it and let me know what you think! <div style=”margin-bottom:5px”> <strong> <a href=”http://www.slideshare.net/shawnetuma/social-media-law-the-legal-dos-and-donts-of-social-media&#8221; title=”Social Media Law: The Legal Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media” target=”_blank”>Social Media Law: The Legal Do’s and Don’ts of…

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Federal Court in New York Refuses Service Via Facebook

UPDATE: See the recent discussion of the new Texas proposal here and join in the discussion over this idea: Texas Bill Proposes Allowing Substituted Service via Social Media – What Do You Think? In a recent opinion a United States District Court in New York refused to allow the defendant to be served via Facebook, instead reasoning…

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Business Situational Awareness & Social Media

How can your employees’ social media usage be compromising your businesses’ assets? I have said it before: business and warfare are one in the same. The objectives are the same and the tactics are the same. Both require an understanding of situational awareness. What is situational awareness? Situational Awareness is the ability to identify, process,…

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Update on “who owns Twitter account” case: Court denies Kravitz’s Motion to Dismiss

If you’re not living under a rock and you’ve been keeping up with the latest developments in social media law such as the case about “who owns your Twitter account”, i.e. PhoneDog v. Kravitz, there is a recent development. The court denied Kravitz’s motion to dismiss the following of PhoneDog’s claims: intentional interference with prospective…

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NLRB Says A Lot More By Saying Social Media Policies Must Be Appropriately Tailored

Recognizing that one of the most important business issues of our time is how businesses manage social media and their employees who use it, the National Labor Relations Board has issued yet another report discussing guidelines for employers to follow with regards to social media. The report provides an extensive analysis of several specific cases…

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Recent Cases Highlight Need for Businesses to Have Social Media Policies

A businesses’ social media assets are its intellectual property and need to be protected. This point underlies the message of a recent article entitled Court Cases are Shaping Social Media Law in which the authors discuss three recent court cases involving the ownership and use of social media and how important it is for businesses…

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Social Media Policy Must Have: when are they on the clock?

If your company has employees managing its social media you better have a policy that makes it clear when they are “on the clock” and “off the clock” or you could end up in trouble for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. Consider this scenario: Your company has a non-exempt employee managing the company LinkedIn, Facebook,…

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