Speech Through The Social Media "Like" Button
What does it mean to “like” something? That is one of the next intriguing questions facing us as we roll down the uncharted path of applying traditional activities and claims to the modern social...
View ArticlePrivacy Rights of Companies: Trade Secrets and Social Media
Alex Trebek: “To protect valuable trade secrets.” Mike: “Give me a good reason why employers should monitor social media activity?” Trebek: “Sorry, you didn’t phrase it in the form of a question.”...
View ArticleThreats To Brands From Social Media
Yesterday’s post about protecting your company’s business interests was a good springboard for today’s menu offering. Here is a really informative article from Monday’s New York Law Journal that was...
View ArticleFacebook Demands In Illinois - Another One Bites The Dust
Another one bites the dust And another one gone, and another one gone Another one bites the dust Hey, I'm gonna get you too Another one bites the dust As states (and the feds) continue to propose new...
View ArticleHot Off The Press - Today's New NLRB Social Media Guidance
It’s not just lawyers and bloggers who think the NLRB’s continuing position on social media policies is important. Apparently, the NLRB itself does too. So much so, that – just today – the NLRB’s...
View ArticlePrompting Discussion Among Bloggers - The NLRB And Social Media
For good and for bad, social media provides those with something to say a quick and easy forum in which to say it. It also provides a great means for others to respond just as quickly and easily to...
View ArticleGetting Siri-ous About Data Breaches And Trade Secrets
Siri is that trusted iPhone assistant who you believe is talking directly and only to you. Siri has become a useful resource for many – someone to assist with dictation or Web searches, or someone to...
View ArticleKids On Facebook, Kids At Work?
According to Consumer Reports, “[m]ore than 5 million children ages 10 and under – well below Facebook’s minimum age of 13 – use the service[.]” The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook...
View ArticleFacebook Demand Update - Two Down, Forty-Eight To Go
On May 24, 2012, I posted about Illinois becoming the second state (after Maryland) to have its legislature pass a Facebook demand law, and summarized the content of the bill. Just last Wednesday, on...
View ArticleVideo Interview: Discussing The Interesting Facts In Marcus v. Rogers With...
A few weeks ago, I posted about the interesting case of Marcus v. Rogers in the Superior Court of New Jersey, which involved an employee accidentally bumping a co-worker's computer and gaining access...
View ArticleValid Business (and Sports) Reasons to Monitor Social Media
Despite many of the Chicken Little wannabes who put out every possible stop sign, there are legitimate reasons your company can use social media. The world of sports has provided another reminder that...
View ArticlePassword Demand Laws - A Fallen Tree In An Empty Forest
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Far be it from me to start your work week off with a digression on George Berkeley 18th Century philosophies, but...
View ArticlePolitics In The Workplace - 27 Days To The Election
I recently had an opportunity to film a live webcast to address some key issues relevant to the following questions: What happens when political discussion and activity infiltrates your company’s...
View ArticleThe Latest and Greatest: Internet Use Disorder
Word has just come down that going nuts from the ‘net may become a recognized form of mental illness. The consequences for employers may be significant. The American Psychiatric Association (“APA”)...
View ArticleAn Eye-Opening Termination Of A Former Lingerie Model
A former lingerie model turned high school guidance counselor has sued the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”) for discrimination and wrongful termination after being fired when Internet...
View ArticlePoetic Justice - 2012 Wrap Up (Part 1 of 2)
This is the time of year to anxiously look forward to all that is anticipated to come in 2013. But it is also the time to look back at all that has happened in 2012. Rather than simply give you...
View ArticleIt's Still The Relationships, Stupid - 2012 Wrap Up (Part 2 of 2)
Though we are only weeks past a rather monumental presidential election, I am nevertheless reminded of that election campaign twenty years ago when Bill Clinton coined the phrase “It’s the economy,...
View ArticleSign Of The 'Times' - It's Still The Rage
Wow. Front page of the New York Times Business Section. This stuff must be important. Steven Greenhouse authored a piece in yesterday’s Times, in which he summarizes the lay of the land with social...
View ArticleOnline Relationships - Catfish On The Table
I ended 2012 as I have the past couple of years, highlighting my view that, while technological advances are great in many respects, it’s still the inter-personal relationships that lead to success in...
View ArticleRe-Tallying The Facebook Demand Laws
I trust that, of all the social media and employment law issues we discuss, you are most sick of hearing about the legislative efforts to prohibit Facebook password demands by employers. Or you just...
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