Social Media Law

Social Media such as Twit­ter, Face­book and Blogs are an easy way for employ­ees to com­mu­ni­cate with the world.  This can cause far reach­ing legal risks for employ­ers. What can be done to pre­vent social net­work­ing sites from being used as a sound­ing board for an unhappy employee, a place to dis­close trade secrets, or a means to defame bosses and co-w ork­ers? How can you pro­tect your com­pany from the pos­si­ble legal prob­lems due to social net­work­ing? I can help by advis­ing you how to:

• Mon­i­tor employee use of blogs by telling you what’s legal & what’s not
• Draft work­able blog­ging policies
• Assess your lia­bil­ity risks from your employ­ees use of social net­work­ing site and blogs
• To min­i­mize your risk for unnec­es­sary and expen­sive litigation
• Com­ply with the New FTC reg­u­la­tions effec­tive Decem­ber 1, 2010 about blogging.

Here are some key issues that you need to be aware of:

• Blogs in the Work­place: Legal Risks & Lia­bil­ity You Need to Know
  • How to legally mon­i­tor your employee’s use of social media sites with­out infring­ing on their legal rights.
  • Does the employee or com­pany own the blogs or social net­work­ing account?
  • If an employee posts some­thing on a blog, or a social media site, can the employ­ers be held liable?
  • Strate­gies to pro­tect con­fi­den­tial and busi­ness information
• What is legal for your Employ­ees to Blog about
  • What to do about bad com­ments of your employ­ees in their per­sonal blogs
  • What can you do to limit blog­ging by your employ­ees when they are not working
  • What is the dif­fer­ence between bad behav­ior and the first amend­ment right to free­dom of speech?
• Draft­ing Social Media Policies:
  • How to draft a social net­work­ing  pol­icy to pro­tect your com­pany while bal­anc­ing your employ­ees right to privacy
  • Why you may not want to restrict from your employ­ees from engag­ing in social media
  • How you can enforce the restric­tions placed in your social media policy.
  • Assess­ing your employ­ees rights  under the  National Labor Rela­tions Act

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