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Do your social media accounts belong to your business? Why worry, when there are safeguards you can take now

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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December 29 2011

The world is closely watching a federal case in the Northern District of California where a mobile news and reviews resource company, PhoneDog, is suing a former employee Noah Kravitz (or independent contractor, depending on what news report you read) over who owns a Twitter account that was started in association with PhoneDog, and is now being used by Kravitz as his own Twitter account

Facebook's settlement with the FTC is a wake up call for businesses to review and update their website privacy policy and agreements

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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December 27 2011

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") is working hard to make sure consumers are not being misled about how websites and social networking sites are using their personal information

Protect IP Act: one approach to dealing with internet piracy

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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November 29 2011

Digital media theft or piracy, as it is more commonly called, is a serious and pervasive problem with countries taking different approaches to address it

Using the internet to your company's advantage in defending against a whistleblower action

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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November 29 2011

The wide dissemination of news on the Internet through “new media” online sites such as the Huffington Post, well recognized blogs like the Drudge Report, or social media sites such as Twitter is changing how we get our news today

Legal issues surrounding social media background checks

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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October 3 2011

Agatha Christie had a novel take on invention being the mother of necessity

Your social media policy may need revamping

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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October 3 2011

If your company adopted a social media policy more than two months ago, or, if your company modeled its policy after one of the sample policies available on the Internet, then there is a very good chance that your social media policy is overbroad and needs to be revised

Anonymous bloggers and the First Amendment: when and how your company can identify its John Doe defendants

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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July 25 2011

The exponential growth of the internet is also seeing an increase in the number of legal actions against “John Doe” defendants

10 social media must haves for your corporate compliance and ethics program

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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July 18 2011

Companies would be legally remiss not to add a social media component to their corporate compliance and ethics program

10 social media must haves for your company's far-mandated compliance program

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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July 15 2011

As we discussed here last November, the United States Navy, the other military services, and the Department of Defense, have all recognized that their personnel are using social media and have responded by establishing detailed social media policies

Does your Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance program reflect your social media presence?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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USA
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June 21 2011

A sound social media governance program means more than having a social media policy, or updating your document retention policy to include social media activity

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