Social Media, Social Media Policy, Social Networks

Defamation and Reputation Management in the Digital Age

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 8/29/2024

Defamation is the act of communicating false statements about a person that injures their reputation. Legal protections for a person’s reputation go back to common law and were well developed over the past two centuries....more

Posting About Another Employee on Social Media Could Be Unlawful Harassment

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 8/12/2024

Social media has truly changed our world, both in and outside of the workplace. It has evolved into a daily habit for many of us; the way we get news about the world and our friends, the way we shop, gossip, and much more. It...more

The Social Web’s Influence on Your Workplace and the Potential Havoc It Can Cause

Chartwell Law on 8/12/2024

Employers have a duty to ensure that their workplaces are not hostile, both in the physical and virtual worlds. This responsibility extends to both actual and constructive knowledge of potential issues....more

When Social Media Posts Become Workplace Harassment

Holland & Knight LLP on 8/1/2024

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on July 25, 2024, ruled that under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, companies can be held liable for claims of a hostile work environment if an employee shares...more

How to Report an Impersonation Account

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 12/15/2023

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

Utah Proposes Rules for Social Media Regulation Act

Husch Blackwell LLP on 10/19/2023

Keypoint: The Utah Division of Consumer Protection published proposed rules regulating social media companies under Utah’s Social Media Regulation Act. On October 15, 2023, the Utah Division of Consumer Protection (the...more

Hashtags and Headlines: The Rise of Social Media

Venable LLP on 1/20/2022

Social media platforms continue to be a useful way to share information, keep in touch with friends and family, and even promote an independent school; however, they also can continue to create headaches for independent...more

Crafting an Effective Social Media Policy for Employees

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 7/9/2021

A social media presence is essential in generating new growth for a business. Maintaining social media accounts will not only expand brand awareness and elevate your company’s status, but it provides an opportunity to...more

Social Media Regulation: Advertising, Marketing and the FTC

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/4/2019

Holland & Knight hosted Michael Ostheimer, a senior attorney for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for a webinar presentation on Oct. 17, 2019. Mr. Ostheimer has been with the FTC for nearly three decades, currently serving...more

#No Filter: Terminating an Employee for Social Media Posts – Part 2

Cozen O'Connor on 9/13/2019

Prior to the advent of social media and especially the #MeToo movement, employers were generally comfortable drawing a bright line between what employees did on their own time and workplace misconduct. ...more

How To Manage Employees Who Are Authorized To Post On Company Social Media Accounts

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. on 7/17/2019

In our recent employment law seminar, we discussed how to manage employees who are authorized to post on the company’s social media accounts. Here are some key points to focus on when allowing employees access to your...more

Top Tips for Reviewing Your Social Media Profile

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/11/2019

Fifty-six percent of law school admissions officers say they look at an applicant’s social media profile to learn more about them, according to a survey by Kaplan Test Prep of 117 law schools. Ninety-one percent of law...more

Digital Crisis PR: Removal of Unlawful Content from Digital Platforms

K&L Gates LLP on 2/19/2019

Whether you are an individual, a start-up, or a multi-million dollar corporation, there is an art to removal-or “takedowns”- of unlawful content or negative reviews that have been posted about you or your business online. In...more

Social media and the workplace

Hogan Lovells on 8/31/2018

Social media is one of the most significant developments in communication and has changed the way and speed at which people interact with one another. It has naturally infiltrated the working environment and brought about...more

How a Multinational Employer Can Craft a Global Social Media Policy

Littler on 5/24/2018

Social media is so powerful that some argue Russian manipulation of it changed the result of a U.S. presidential election. In the employment context, social media is not quite that powerful, but employment context social...more

Think Twice Before Tweeting up a Storm

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/3/2017

One of the more memorable lines from 1989’s Steel Magnolias is “if you can’t say anything nice about anybody, come sit by me.” That sentiment— referred to as “schadenfreude” in German — is amplified on social media, and this...more

It’s Still The Relationships, Stupid – 2016 Wrap Up (Part 2 of 2)

Cozen O'Connor on 12/27/2016

It is this time every year, as I am wrapping things up over at “social media and employment law blog” central, – and particularly in this latest political election year – that I am reminded of that election campaign more than...more

#Fired: Post a Tweet, Lose Your Job

FordHarrison on 8/23/2016

Many people enjoy spouting off what they view as 140-character tidbits of wisdom on the social media platform Twitter. But recently several individuals have found themselves in trouble with their employers (read: former...more

It’s Still The Relationships, Stupid – 2015 Wrap Up (Part 2 of 2)

Cozen O'Connor on 12/30/2015

It is this time every year, as I am wrapping things up over at “social media and employment law blog” central, – and particularly in this latest political election year – that I am reminded of that election campaign more than...more

Social Media Compliance Policies: Your Company Needs One

Baker Donelson on 11/2/2015

Use of social media is ubiquitous in today's society. This is astounding when you think back to 2004 and realize that social media did not exist then. Fast forward ten years and by September 2014, 58% of all American adults...more

Second Circuit Upholds NLRB's Triple Play Decision, Expanding Section 7 Protections for Employees' Social Media Activity

Littler on 10/30/2015

Obscenities alone—even when viewed by an employer's customers—do not deprive employees engaged in protected concerted activity of the National Labor Relations Act's ("NLRA" or the "Act") protections. So held the U.S. Court...more

Court “Likes” NLRB’s Determination that Facebook Posts Are Protected under the NLRA

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/30/2015

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) decision that employees’ Facebook posts are protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Three D, LLC d/b/a Triple Play...more

Second Circuit Upholds NLRB Decision: Discharge of Employees for Facebook “Likes” Was Unlawful

Franczek P.C. on 10/29/2015

On October 22, 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) decision that Triple Play Sports Bar and Grille (Employer) violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations...more

Second Circuit Says Facebook Profanity Directed at Employer is Protected - Employer Violated NLRA by Terminating Two Employees...

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/29/2015

In Three D, LLC d/b/a/ Triple Play Sports Bar and Grille v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the National Labor Relations Board's (the Board) determination that the employer, Triple Play,...more

Like It Or Not, Your Employees Can Like It

Cozen O'Connor on 10/28/2015

It gets boring to blog just about the NLRB. We need some judicial action to get the juices flowing a little more. We got a little something last week. Question: Is merely clicking the “like” button on Facebook tantamount to...more

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