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LinkedIn Non-Solicitation Agreements

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Look Out for LinkedIn: Top Questions for Employers on How the Platform Impacts Your Workplace

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LinkedIn has become a key part of the business world for workers and employers alike. The platform can aid your recruitment efforts, company branding, and business development. But the world’s largest professional networking...more

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2020 Update: Can your social media (e.g., LinkedIn) contacts be your employer’s trade secret?

Employers and employees alike use social media to promote and define their businesses and themselves in the digital space. From personal connections on Facebook, to professional marketing on LinkedIn, these connections on...more

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A Tale of Two Cases: LinkedIn Postings as Solicitations

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Recently, two different courts reached two different results in determining whether employees’ LinkedIn postings amounted to a solicitation in contravention of a nonsolicitation agreement. In Bankers Life & Cas. Co. v. Am....more

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LinkedIn Activity May Violate Non-Solicitation Agreements

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Q: A former employee has invited some of her former co-workers and clients to connect on LinkedIn. Is this a violation of her non-solicitation agreement with our company? ...more

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LinkedIn Over Her Head: When Broadcasting a Change in Employment Counts as Solicitation

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A recent blog post discussed an Illinois state court decision evaluating an employer’s claim against a former employee for breach of a non-solicitation agreement, when the employee had added former co-workers on LinkedIn...more

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LinkedOut: Court finds Ex-Employee Likely Violated Non-Solicitation Provision with LinkedIn Post

The use of social media sites, like LinkedIn, can be a helpful tool to reach a customer base. But a recent district court case out of Minnesota exemplifies the need to ensure that LinkedIn usage complies with the user’s...more

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Who Poked Whom First: Does a Friend Request or Social Media Invite Count as Solicitation?

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When Gregory Gelineau quit his job at an Illinois-based insurance company to work for a competitor, he sent LinkedIn invitations to a group of his former co-workers. In response, Gelineau’s former company sued him. The...more

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Bankers Life and Casualty: Illinois Appellate Court finds Connecting to Old Colleagues via LinkedIn Does not Constitute Unlawful...

New job to-do list: (1) send goodbye email; (2) attend goodbye party; (3) update LinkedIn account; and (4) then use said LinkedIn account to send old colleagues new contact information. This sounds like a pretty standard...more

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Don’t Friend My Friends: Nonsolicitation Agreements Should Account for Social Media Strategies

As social media becomes an important part of many companies’ sales and branding strategies, issues relating to companies’ ability to protect their investments in such strategies are emerging. Indeed, this blog has previously...more

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Social Media and Non-Solicitation Covenants – Another LinkedIn Cautionary Tale, but this One for Employers

Those of you who joined us for our November 13 webinar on “Post-Employment Solicitation of Customers & Employees in the Social Media Age” will be interested in a recent social media-related non-solicitation case from...more

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Announcing a Job Move on LinkedIn or Facebook - Breach of Contract or Fair Game?

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It is always worthwhile to talk about current developments in the area of social media and employment law, and to look back at their contextual import. Much of the fun, however, lies in playing the forecasting game, and...more

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Labor Letter, July 2013: Social Media And Trade Secrets

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Most employers are well aware of the various implications that the social media explosion has on the workplace. The various issues created by Facebook, LinkedIn, and other similar platforms lead to constant requests for...more

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Don't Take My Four-Leaf Clover! Court Rules Facebook Posting Doesn't Violate Non-Solicitation Agreement

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In one of the first holdings of its kind, a federal district court in Oklahoma ruled that a former employee's Facebook post, which expressed his professional satisfaction with his new employer's product, did not violate the...more

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