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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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MLM Defense: FTC Earnings Claims and Nonsolicitation Clauses

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Nicole Westbrook, commercial trial attorney at Jones & Keller in Denver, Colorado, and Spencer Reese from the law firm of Reese & Richards in Utah discuss two matters pertinent to network marketing companies and their...more

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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

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Five Issues for Employers to Consider as Political and Social Activism Surges in the Workplace

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Six months into a global pandemic, employers across the United States continue to deal with a series of new economic realities. More employees are working from home, with companies continuing to reevaluate their business...more

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

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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...

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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

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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

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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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Can Touting Your New Job on Social Media Sites Violate a Non-Solicitation Agreement?

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According to a federal judge in Oklahoma in Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. v. Cahill, simply sharing information about a new job over social media does not mean that you are inviting former co-workers to come join you in...more

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