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FINRA 2022 Exam Report Spotlight: Communications with the Public

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It came as no surprise that FINRA’s 2022 Examination and Risk Monitoring Program Report highlighted communications with the public as a continued area of focus. The primary theme across this focus area relates to the...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Considerations For Celebrity Endorsement Deals

This is an update on a December 2018 alert warning celebrities of the dangers of accepting compensation to endorse investments in securities, particularly Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The alert discussed charges filed by...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

LinkedIn – in whose professional interest?

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LinkedIn is the biggest online network of professionals in the world. Many employers encourage staff to use LinkedIn to promote their organisation. While employees may share content relating to their organisation, they...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Socially Aware - Volume 6, Issue 2 - May 2015

In This Issue: - Court Protects Anonymity of Yelp Users - FTC Issues Landmark Report on Internet of Things - Who Will Update My Status When I’m Dead?: The Biggest Social Media Platforms’ Policies on...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Social Media Assets in Bankruptcy: Facebook and Twitter Accounts Subject to Reach of Creditors

Social media accounts can be “property of the estate” in a bankruptcy case of a business, and thus belong to the business, even when the contents of the accounts are intermingled with personal content of managers and owners....more

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What happens to your online digital accounts at death?

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More online digital companies are providing users the ability to control what happens to their accounts after death. For example, Facebook now allows you to name a “legacy contact” to manage your Facebook page after...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Who Will Update My Status When I’m Dead?: The Biggest Social Media Platforms’ Policies on Deceased-User Accounts

It’s often said that, when it comes to regulating technology, U.S. laws aren’t up to speed. That includes U.S. trusts and estates laws, which, in many cases, do not say much about what happens to your digital assets after you...more

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity

Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Accounts

Traditionally, a person’s most valuable assets to be distributed upon death consisted of tangible items such as real property, cash, jewelry and personal effects of sentimental value like photographs and letters. However, the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Status Updates - July 2014 #9

..According to a current study by Bank of America, Americans are very closely attached to their smartphones. Of those surveyed, 85 percent said they check their phone at least a few times a day and 35 percent say they check...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Social Media and Digital Assets in M&A Transactions

Wait! Don’t skip these articles thinking that social media doesn’t affect you. Social media has invaded our lives, with only a Rip Van Winkle being immune (maybe). Some may scoff and others may cringe. The well initiated may...more

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