Social Media, Trade Secrets, Social Media Policy

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

Fisher Phillips on 5/31/2024

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

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

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

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 11/18/2020

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

Protecting Social Media Contact Lists as Trade Secrets

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/1/2020

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

Is A Twitter Account An Employer’s Trade Secret? Yes, Says Media Company

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP on 8/9/2018

Companies zealously guard their trade secrets and other information that gives them a competitive edge. And as we’ve covered in prior posts, companies often resort to the courts to protect this kind of information....more

Fight Over Virginia Tech Sportswriter's Twitter Account: Who Owns Employees' Social Media Accounts?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/8/2018

Andy Bitter was a sportswriter for the Roanoke Times covering Virginia Tech football. He recently announced on Twitter that he was leaving the Roanoke Times and would become the VT beat writer for The Athletic, a...more

To Tweet or Not to Tweet: Social Media and Intellectual Property Issues

Knobbe Martens on 10/21/2015

Social media platforms are very useful, but they also create legal issues. Without question, social media has changed the way businesses communicate with their clients and consumers. Likewise, social media has changed the way...more

Secret Connections: LinkedIn contacts may be a trade secret

McAfee & Taft on 12/31/2014

A California court recently determined that an employee’s LinkedIn contacts could be considered a “trade secret” in a case where the employee retained his contacts after he left the company and began a competing venture....more

Zombies, Ghouls, and Unpaid Wage Claims: The Top 5 HR Horrors This Season

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/1/2013

As the group that shepherds employees from the application stage through the end of the employment relationship, human resources (HR) departments administer programs and policies that could greatly impact a company if a...more

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

CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program on 7/1/2013

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

Social Networking Contacts Could Be Trade Secrets

Nossaman LLP on 3/13/2013

Like it or not, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social media is playing a larger role in our everyday business lives. Nowadays, many companies are using social networking to maintain their client list and further...more

Using Your Social Media Strategy to Protect Trade Secrets and Minimize Liability

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/16/2012

As most employers know, restrictive covenant agreements, often referred to as Confidentiality Agreements or Proprietary Information Agreements, are not the only documents that can be used to protect employers’ confidential...more

Can I Protect My Trade Secrets Via Social Media Policy?

Fisher Phillips on 6/21/2012

Everybody in the modern workforce is involved in social media in one way or another. Think about it. Even if your company does not utilize social media (which is becoming less and less likely), it is almost certain that your...more

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