Social Networks, Disparagement

#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

The Emerging Prevalence of Commercial Disparagement

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC on 6/29/2018

Commercial disparagement isn’t necessarily a fresh concept, but the pace of new commercial disparagement litigation (and potential cases) is recently quickening. In a world in which social media gives customer and companies...more

Key SCOTUS Decisions in Tech – First Half 2017

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/10/2017

Despite being short one justice for much of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down multiple significant decisions this past term that can unsettle long-standing legal understandings in multiple technology fields. These...more

Will That Sandwich Make You Sick? – 8th Circuit Holds NLRA Does Not Protect Disparaging Statements By Jimmy John’s Employees

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/11/2017

On July 3rd, the 8th Circuit held that disparaging statements made by Jimmy John’s employees in a labor dispute were not entitled to National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or “The Act”) protections – because the actions were...more

Non-Disparagement, The Magna Carta And Yelp

Allen Matkins on 6/6/2016

Disparagement isn’t what it used to be. In the good old days, disparagement meant a marriage to a social inferior. The word itself is derived from the Old French word Old French, desparagier, meaning to degrade. The...more

Retail and Consumer Products Law Roundup - May 2016

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/9/2016

SPECIAL FOCUS: California Proposes Emergency Prop 65 Regulation for Products Containing BPA - Why it matters: BPA remains prevalent in the packaging of food and beverage items sold by retailers throughout California....more