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The use of online social media such as LinkedIn is becoming increasingly prevalent, and as a consequence, employees are often very casual about what they say and do online.

With a recent advice memo, the NLRB general counsel's office added to the growing guidelines for employers to use when crafting sound social media policies.

We all know that social media and privacy issues in the workplace can be a bone-chilling proposition.

On November 19, 2012, the New Jersey Assembly had a second reading of a bill (A2878) that would, among other things, prohibit employers from seeking or requiring current or prospective employees to disclose their usernames or passwords for personal social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter.

The FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion has warned a Swiss drug company about statements the company made on its Facebook page.

Drug makers are responding with heavy criticism to FDA's draft guidance on interactive promotional media for drugs and biologics.

The federal government recently issued a rule banning TikTok or any successor application developed by ByteDance Limited on all government-owned or managed information technology...

Social media influencers' name, image and likeness can be protected by "the right of publicity."

Following up on my recent post on the subject, I had the opportunity to discuss the trademarking branded hashtags with LXBN.

Following up on my recent post discussing the use of social media for class action notices in a lawsuit filed against Gawker Media, I had the opportunity to discuss the subject with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN.

On April 27, I had the distinct privilege of presenting a session devoted to the legal implications of social media and mobile technology to the leadership of AHAA, The Voice of Hispanic Marketing at their 2015 Annual Conference.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 56, which requires social media companies to disclose certain risks associated with use of social media by kids and teens.

Particular attention is given to preservation requirements and the possible sanctions imposed for data loss.

"A social media pioneer tried to convince a judge there's a big mistake in how Facebook Inc. came to acquire the rights to the word "face" more than a decade ago."

The case of Dr. Alexandra Thran should cure any physician of the desire to discuss a patient on Facebook. Dr. Thran has been reprimanded by her state's Medical Board and lost her emergency room privileges.

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