In This Issue:
- The Definition of “Supervisor” Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Who Owns Your Twitter Account?
- Excerpt from Who Owns Your Twitter Account?
Do you have a Twitter account for your business that your employees access? Do any of your employees’ tweet using a Twitter handle that includes your company’s name? If so, you need to update your social media policy in order to protect your company.
PhoneDog Media (“PhoneDog”), a South Carolina based company, had an employee, Noah Kravitz, who left the company in 2010 but continued to use his Twitter name “Phonedog_Noah.” The Twitter account was linked to Kravitz’s personal email account and had 17,000 followers.
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Topics: Customer Lists, Discrimination, Harassment, Phonedog, Social Media, Social Media Policy, Supervisors, Title VII, Trade Secrets, Twitter, Vance v. Ball State University, Vicarious Liability
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Civil Procedure Updates, Civil Rights Updates, Communications & Media Law Updates, Intellectual Property Updates, Labor & Employment Law Updates
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