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Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

How to Report an Impersonation Account

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Help – someone is impersonating me! Social media is a funny thing – it allows people to present their lives in a very articulated way through pictures, videos, and other personal information. While content is usually posted...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

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

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Protecting Social Media Contact Lists as Trade Secrets

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Social media contact lists have become an increasingly important part of a business’s customer lists. While courts are still grappling with who legally “owns” the data that the employee acquired on the employer’s dime—such...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

In-House Counsel: How to Avoid Missteps in the Social Media Minefield

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While social media has become ubiquitous, attorneys are subject to particular restrictions online. During Ward and Smith’s 2017 In-House Counsel Seminar two attorneys reviewed some of the potential pitfalls in-house counsel...more

Fisher Phillips

Who Owns Your Company's Social Media Account – You, Or One Of Your Employees?

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Employers have been asking an important question with more frequency in recent times: who owns the company’s social media account – the employer or the employee running the account? Business social media accounts often...more

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Ownership of Social Media Accounts

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It is becoming increasingly common for issues to arise relating to employer vs. employee ownership of a social media account and the names, addresses, etc. that go along with that account. Business-related social media...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

“Like” it or Not? Tips for Addressing Employee Social Media Use

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At first, employee social media use sounds like a matter of common sense. Candidates for a job should be careful what they post on social media sites, and make sure they’re not sharing any unsavory details about their past...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Ownership of Business-Related Social Media Accounts

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Social media platforms have become an increasingly important means for companies to build and manage their brands and to interact with their customers, in many cases eclipsing companies’ traditional “.com” websites. Social...more

Gray Reed

Taking Legal Control Of The Company Social Media Account

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What happens when the employee who set up the company’s LinkedIn account leaves? ...more

CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program

Trade Secret Litigation Over Social Media: Is It Worth The Cost?

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With the continually increasing popularity of social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, where members can be connected to friends, family members, co-workers, clients, and potential clients all by logging in...more

Polsinelli

Polsinelli Podcast - Social Media at Work - What's Allowed and What Isn't?

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Social media at work: What's allowed and what isn't? Facebook and LinkedIn are eradicating the carefully crafted compartments that generations have relied upon in leading their lives. Denver attorney Sean Gallagher shares how...more

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Who Owns an Employee’s LinkedIn Account?

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LinkedIn is a social media site catering exclusively to professionals with 200 million registered users in 200 countries. For many businesses, marketing via social media is a critical component to success. Employees use...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Taking Control of Former Executive’s LinkedIn Account Found Permissible

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In our January 2012 newsletter, we reported on Maremont v. Susan Fredman Design Group, Ltd., a case where a court recognized potential claims under the Lanham Act and/or the Stored Communications Act because an employer...more

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Noncompete News: Former Employee Can't Sue Employer Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Over The Ownership Of Employee's Social...

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Executive Summary: A District Court in Pennsylvania entered judgment in favor of the employer on a former employee's Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") claim in a dispute over the ownership of the employee's LinkedIn...more

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