Communications & Media Law, Business Organization

Whose Social Media Account Is It, Anyway?

by Odia Kagan | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 5/16/2013

A detailed social media policy specifically addressing the ownership of social media accounts is key to a corporation’s ability to maintain ownership of an employee’s account after the employee leaves the corporation....more

SEC Issues Guidance on Disclosures Made via Social Media

by David Garcia, Michael Meskill | Jackson Walker on 5/16/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") recently issued a Report of Investigation (the "Report") in which it provides helpful guidance to public companies regarding their use of social media to disclose material...more

OSC’s Crowdfunding Proposal Receives Favourable Comments

by Justin Dharamdial, Hugo-Pierre Gagnon, Shahir Guindi, Matthew Oliver, Ward Sellers | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on 5/15/2013

On March 8, 2013, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) closed the comment period on its Staff Consultation Paper 45-710: Considerations for New Capital Raising Prospectus Exemptions (the Consultation Paper), which sought...more

What’s Really in your Beer Name: Trademark Protection for Craft Brewing Companies and Their Beers

by Evan Pappas on 5/15/2013

Besides the unique taste of your beer, what more than anything else helps your consumers remember the source of that fantastic beer? Obviously, your company name and probably also the name of your beer. With hundreds of...more

Why Should an Investor or Business Conduct an Asset Search?

by Edward Amaral on 5/13/2013

If used properly and if conducted by a reputable asset search company, asset searches can be used as a valuable pre-investment tool for an investor, partnership, joint venture or other business entity before entering into a...more

Internet Fundraising for Tax-Exempt Organizations

by Jamie Bowles | Proskauer - Not for Profit/Exempt... on 5/9/2013

The IRS recently released an Information Letter, written in response to a congressman’s inquiry about an unidentified charity’s unidentified practices, confirming that Section 501(c)(3) organizations may use the internet to...more

Big Regulation’s Big Data

by Richik Sarkar on 5/8/2013

In March 2012, the Obama Administration announced its Big Data Research and Development Initiative. The program involves a total of over $200 million in new commitments from several departments and agencies to improve the...more

Taking On The Internet For Your Client's Reputation

by Samuel Apicelli, Christiane Campbell | Duane Morris LLP on 4/30/2013

My cell phone rings at 6:30 on a Friday evening. It's the CEO of a client company and she is panicked. Hysterical. It turns out she was doing some "old-fashioned" investigating by performing Google searches on herself and the...more

2013 In-House Counsel New Media Engagement Survey – Mobile Consumption is Rising

by Greentarget on 4/26/2013

With established benchmarks stemming from three years of data and analysis, our latest research reveals accelerated and irreversible trends regarding “on the go” media consumption and how B2B organizations market and...more

FCC Adopts Order Streamlining Its Foreign Ownership Review Policies

by Darren Abernethy, Benjamin Griffin, Howard Symons | Mintz Levin - Communications on 4/24/2013

Last week, the FCC adopted an Order to streamline its policies with respect to foreign ownership of common carrier radio station licensees (i.e., entities that provide fixed or mobile telecommunications service over networks...more

State Regulation of Nonprofit Organizations: Everything You Need to Know about Required State Filings for Your Nonprofit...

by Kristalyn Loson | Venable LLP on 4/24/2013

In This Presentation: - Incorporation/Annual Corporate Reporting - Foreign Corporation Authorization/Reporting - State Tax - Registration and Reporting - Charitable Solicitation...more

EXCLUSIVE: Florida’s top sweepstakes regulator discusses recent changes to Florida’s game promotion statute

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 4/23/2013

Effective April 10, 2013, the state of Florida made changes to its Game Promotion Statute. The changes were made partly in response to the state’s recent ban of so-called Internet sweepstakes cafes....more

How the SEC's Social Media Guidance Changes The Way Companies Share Investor Information [Legal Perspective]

by JD Supra Law News on 4/23/2013

"While the guidance is not hard to understand, it will be difficult to apply. And the SEC will be looking for someone to cross the line..." - Stephen M. Quinlivan; Leonard, Street and Deinard...more

SEC's Division of Trading and Markets Grants Relief from Broker-Dealer Registration for Online Platform that Permits Investment in...

by Delcy Sweet | Holland & Knight LLP on 4/17/2013

On March 26, 2013, the SEC's Division of Trading and Markets issued a no-action letter indicating that it would not recommend enforcement action under Section 15(a)(1) of the Exchange Act if a venture capital fund adviser and...more

Securities Class Actions Increasingly Target The C-Suite

by Kathleen Wailes | LEVICK on 4/16/2013

According to a recently-published PricewaterhouseCoopers report, corporate executives are being named in an alarmingly high percentage of securities class action filings. In 2012, 94 percent of such filings explicitly named...more

Be Careful What You Wish For: SEC Permits Company Disclosures Via Social Media If Regulation FD Requirements Are Met

by Meredith Francis | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 4/16/2013

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a report clarifying that companies can use social media channels, such as Facebook and Twitter, to disseminate material nonpublic company information under Regulation...more

Great News! But Don’t Tweet It, Yet

by Greentarget on 4/12/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission gave the green light last week for companies to share material, nonpublic information with investors over social media – as long as companies disclose beforehand which specific channels...more

Court Invalidates Director Elections Due To Voting Instructions Provided By Telephone

by Matthew Fleming | Dentons on 4/11/2013

In a recent decision,the Supreme Court of British Columbia set aside and declared invalid an annual general meeting of shareholders and the resolutions passed at the meeting following a proxy fight between management and...more

Why Legal and Marketing Conflict on How to Choose a Trademark

by Donna Ray Berkelhammer | Sands Anderson PC on 4/10/2013

If you work with startups as I do, one of the first issues is choosing the company or product name. I have worked with countless marketing companies that advised their clients to “be descriptive” when selecting the...more

Social Media For The CEO: Lessons Learned From The Netflix/SEC Tussle And Reg FD

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 4/10/2013

Yes, you can use social media to make material public disclosures. The SEC did not punish Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. The reality is, however, the SEC gave a warning to executives: we are not going to do anything this time...more

Delaware Supreme Court Says No To Botox And No To Multi-Forum Litigation: Court Dismisses Derivative Suit Against Botox-Maker...

by Kristen Bartlett, Lily Becker, Matthew Craner | Orrick - Securities Litigation and Regulatory... on 4/9/2013

In a recent decision, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Court of Chancery in Pyott, et al. v. Louisiana Mun. Police Emp. Ret. Sys., et al., holding that a derivative suit against Botox-maker Allergan, Inc. should be...more

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