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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

Cozen O'Connor

Employee Working For You? You Say "No", LinkedIn Says "Yes"

by Michael Schmidt | Cozen O'Connor on 5/21/2013

Those loyal readers of this blog know that the focus tends to be on what your company can and cannot do regarding social media use by potential employees (i.e., applicants) or current employees. But there is a third category...more

Littler

Workplace Policy Institute: Social Media Password Protection and Privacy — The Patchwork of State Laws and How It Affects...

by Philip Gordon, William Simmons, Amber Spataro | Littler on 5/3/2013

Introduction - Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others have become a part of daily life in the United States and abroad. The unavoidable reach of social media into our personal lives has...more

Bloomberg Law

How GCs Use Social Media to Hire Law Firms [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 4/18/2013

April 18 (Bloomberg Law) -- A new survey from public relations firm Greentarget finds that in-house counsel are frequently using LinkedIn and lawyer blogs to determine who they will hire, John Corey, founding partner at...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Does Your CEO Own Her LinkedIn Account? One Court Says Yes, But…

by Daniel A. Schwartz | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 3/21/2013

In legal circles, we’ve all been anxiously awaiting a result in the case of Eagle v. Morgan (download here) – a case out of Pennsylvania where the issue who owned a LinkedIn page and contacts (the employee vs. the employer)...more

Lawyers.com

Don’t Let Your Employer Hijack Your LinkedIn Account

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 3/11/2013

While the Phonedog case is the one everyone thinks of when employer ownership of employees’ social media accounts comes up, another case indicates that it remains a very tricky issue. ...more

Greentarget

Dear Tireless, Brilliant, Talented Job-Seekers: Friend Us on Facebook!

by Greentarget on 12/28/2012

Still anonymously searching for resumes on LinkedIn or Monster.com? That’s so 20th century. If you want to attract the most talented job seekers now, you’d best jump into the fray, not only on LinkedIn but also on Facebook,...more

LXBN

Employer’s Takeover of Former CEO’s LinkedIn Account Lawful Under CFAA [Video]

by LXBN on 10/18/2012

Following up our LXBN Roundtable on the subject (http://bit.ly/TqYC36), I had the chance to speak with Mintz Levin’s Martha Zackin regarding Eagle v. Edcomm—the case where a departing CEO had her LinkedIn account taken over...more

Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C.

What rights do employers have over employees’ social media accounts in light of LinkedIn/CFAA ruling?

by Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 10/15/2012

Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that when a company took over a departing employee’s LinkedIn account, the company did not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the case of Eagle v. Edcomm....more

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