This afternoon, I’ll be speaking to the Connecticut Bar Association’s Annual Meeting on a topic that is familiar to blog readers: The Intersection of Employment Law and Social Media. If you’re attending, please stop by to say hi. There are a few resources that I’ll discuss in the presentation that I would recommend here: First,… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: ownership
Act On Clarifying Ownership of Work-Related Social Media Accounts Before You Become “Dinner”
Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Social MediaYesterday, I had the distinct pleasure of delivering the keynote address at Adnet Technologies’ Worksmart 2013. My thanks to Adnet (Christopher, Ed, Amanda, and Faith in particular) and the hundreds who attended. We were able to sprinkle in a few Star Trek references in light of the new movie out. One of the issues that I talked about in… Continue Reading
Does Your CEO Own Her LinkedIn Account? One Court Says Yes, But…
Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Litigation, Manager & HR Pro’s Resource Center, Social MediaIn legal circles, we’ve all been anxiously awaiting a result in the case of Eagle v. Morgan (download here) – a case out of Pennsylvania where the issue who owned a LinkedIn page and contacts (the employee vs. the employer) was front and center. I talked about it in a post late last year, but if you… Continue Reading
Who Owns Your Company’s Social Media? Are You Sure?
Posted in Highlight, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Litigation, Social MediaIn my presentations on social media this year, I’ve talked a bit about the Phonedog v. Kravitz case where an employer sued a former employee who continued to use the company Twitter account he had started. When the employee left, he merely changed the Twitter account’s handle to his own name and took the 17,000 Twitter… Continue Reading
