Why be concerned with social media estate planning?
The headline of this recent blog post by the U.S. government promises to answer the question of why you should do some social media estate planning. But the post falls short of providing a compelling reason to plan for how your social media accounts and other digital assets should be handled in the event of [...]
How Should We Measure Damages for Defamation Over Social Media?
On April 24, 2012, a Texas jury awarded $13.78 million to a married couple in a case based upon an extended campaign of defamation on the website Topix.com – to be specific, more than 1,700 separate statements accusing the plaintiffs of a wide array o…
Commercial users of social media need to check terms of use
Today’s Slaw post: It is becoming more common for businesses (and law firms) to have a corporate presence on social media platforms such as facebook, LinkedIn, and Google plus. Some take advantage of promotional uses such as contests on facebook. It is important to look at the terms of use if you do that. facebook, [...]
U.S. Marine Faces Uphill Battle in First Amendment Challenge
What happens when the First Amendment collides with military decorum and respect for chain of command?
It looks like we’ll get to find out as the matter of Sgt. Gary Stein, the Marine who on a Tea Party Facebook page slammed President Obama and …
Is ‘Liking’ on Facebook Protected Speech?
Venkat Balasubramani and Eric Goldman, over on Eric’s blog, have highlighted a rather interesting if fundamentally flawed decision from the Eastern District of Virginia.
The case is Bland v. Roberts, and involves six plaintiffs who were civilian …
Employers need to control corporate domain names and social media accounts
My latest Slaw post: I sometimes help clients wrestle back domain names and corporate social media accounts from disgruntled ex-employees or other unfriendly parties. All businesses and organizations should keep in mind that these are valuable assets. It is important that they are registered in the business name, and not that of an employee or [...]
Public info extremely accessible
For the London Free Press – April 16, 2012 – Read this on Canoe INFORMATION CAN BE USED IN NUMEROUS UNDESIRABLE WAYS Social media and smartphone apps have made it easier than ever to communicate personal information to friends and family. News, photos and your location can be shared within seconds. But this also means [...]
Service of documents by Social Media
Today’s Slaw post: We have seen a few published cases where a court will order the service of a document by way of a defendant’s social media account. I had the occasion today to talk to a couple of lawyers who do collection work. Anecdotally at least, the actual practice seems to vary by province [...]
Are Retweets Endorsements?: Disclaimers and Social Media
“RTs do not = endorsements.”
We’ve all seen it on Twitter bios, usually bios belonging to members of the media.
These kinds of disclaimers, disassociating the tweets from the people
who retweet them, are common. The Twitter bio belonging to…
Demanding Social Media Passwords From Job Seekers Is Wrong
Today’s Slaw post: The issue of corporate or government employers asking for social media login ID’s and passwords for job seekers has reared its head again. See this CBC article entitled U.S. job seekers get asked for Facebook passwords. And see this article I wrote a year ago on the subject. This is wrong on [...]
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