Social Media, Public Disclosure

New Advisory Opinion Extends FARA to Online Networks and Service Providers

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/5/2023

In an advisory opinion released last week by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Unit, DOJ adopts a potentially expansive interpretation of FARA that could require online networks,...more

Protecting Your IP: Social Media Dos and Don’ts

International Lawyers Network on 12/9/2020

Social media continues to offer an invaluable platform for natural products brands to engage and expand their customer base. In these times, consumers are using social media more and more—particularly on their mobile...more

Twitter Dinged On Political Advertising | California’s Mini-CFPB | Hospital System Settles Data Breach

Cozen O'Connor on 10/15/2020

Antitrust- FTC Orders Divestment of Gas Stations to Avoid Harming Competition in Local Markets- •The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued an order requiring energy company Arko Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries...more

Facebook Brings Suit against Mobile Marketing Firm for Siphoning User Data without Authorization

Proskauer - New Media & Technology on 3/10/2020

In continuing its push to enforce its terms and policies against developers that engage in unauthorized collection or scraping of user data, Facebook brought suit last month against mobile marketing and data analytics firm...more

Facebook: Hypothetical Risk Factors are Insufficient Disclosure When the Risk has Occurred

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 7/25/2019

The SEC announced charges against Facebook Inc. for making misleading disclosures regarding the risk of misuse of Facebook user data. According to the SEC, for more than two years, Facebook’s public disclosures presented the...more

[WEBINAR] Public Records Act - Taming the Email Tiger

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 6/22/2018

In this webinar, Best Best & Krieger LLP attorney Christine Wood explains how public agencies can create an email retention policy that helps reduce PRA production costs. This webinar covers the basics of a good email...more

The Fundamentals of Social Media Communication Compliance

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 3/4/2016

Communication via social media is now standard practice, to some extent, at almost all public companies. What once seemed limited to technology and other “forward-thinking” companies has now made its way into the even the...more

There’s No Such Thing As a Free Sample

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/19/2015

Social media allows users to effortlessly communicate globally with nothing more than a few keystrokes. Advertisers have harnessed the power of social media bloggers and incorporated it as a key component of their...more

Online Advertising: When In Doubt, DISCLOSE

King & Spalding on 5/5/2015

The FTC has approved the final order in its February complaint against AmeriFreight for failing to disclose that it compensated consumers for their online reviews. Coordinated and paid advertising campaigns that do not...more

Advertising Law - Oct 2014

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/10/2014

FTC Mows Down Astroturfing at Yahoo - The Federal Trade Commission has closed an investigation into “astroturfing” by Yahoo employees and declined to take enforcement action because of the limited number of workers...more

New SEC Guidance Regarding Social Media; Proposed Clarifications to Delaware Law for Mergers Following a Tender Offer; Change in...

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/14/2014

Social media is becoming a desirable tool for companies to communicate with their shareholders and potential investors. Over the last few years, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued guidance on how SEC...more

The Guide to Social Media and the Securities Laws

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 10/1/2013

REGULATION FD - Beginning in 1999 and continuing into 2000, media reports about selective disclosure of material nonpublic information by issuers raised concerns that select market professionals who were privy to this...more

SEC Gives Guidance on Use of Social Media under Regulation FD

Burns & Levinson LLP on 6/29/2013

Over the last several months, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has provided the public with two new interpretive guides regarding the use of social media by public companies, investment companies and their...more

Stop Insider Tweeting! -- Feds eye social media for securities shenanigans

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/11/2013

As financial institutions and investors turn to social media to instantly share snippets of news and potential clues about market trends, the FBI and SEC are monitoring such postings for evidence of insider trading and...more

Small Business Securities Bulletin: Regulation FD and Social Media

Baker Donelson on 6/10/2013

As we discussed in our February Bulletin, late last year Netflix and its CEO, Reed Hastings, each received a notice from the SEC Staff indicating that the Staff intended to recommend to the SEC that it institute proceedings...more

Investment Management Legal + Regulatory Update -- May 2013

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/17/2013

In This Issue: Regulatory Updates - SEC Allows Limited Use of Social Media for Public Disclosure; Federal Reserve Board Publishes a Final Rule Specifying when Nonbank Firms are “Predominantly Engaged in...more

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

JD Supra Perspectives 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 Greenlights Use of Social Media for Publicly Disclosing Company Information

BakerHostetler on 4/19/2013

Recognizing the reality that many investors likely get more information from Facebook and Twitter than a corporate 10-K and that most public companies have a robust social media presence, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

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

Womble Bond Dickinson 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

Lessons from Netflix on the Use of Social Media for Informal Disclosure

Cohen & Gresser LLP on 4/12/2013

On April 2, 2013 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a report (the Netflix Report) announcing that it would not pursue enforcement action against Netflix, Inc. and its Chief Executive Officer, Reed Hastings,...more

Safe Tweeting: SEC Provides Guidance on Social Media and Regulation FD Compliance

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/11/2013

The SEC has provided guidance to publicly reporting companies on how to use popular social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, consistent with federal securities laws. On April 2, 2013, the Securities and...more

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

Gray Reed 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

The SEC Provides Guidance on the Use of Social Media for Public Company Disclosure

Proskauer Rose LLP on 4/10/2013

On April 2, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a "report of investigation" that provides important guidance for companies that wish to use social media outlets, such as Facebook and Twitter, to publicly...more

Regulation FD Does Not Prohibit Social Media Communications with Investors

Miller & Martin PLLC on 4/10/2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently released a report that answers important questions about how companies can release material information through social media without violating Regulation FD....more

SEC Addresses Use of Social Media for Public Company Disclosures

K&L Gates LLP on 4/10/2013

On April 2, 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a Report of Investigation that directly addresses the application of Regulation FD to disclosures made through social media channels such as Facebook and...more

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