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State-level social media legislation spreads

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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May 14 2013

Arkansas, New Mexico and Utah are the most recent states to enact legislation that limits employer access to the private social media accounts of

Employee social media account ownership still uncertain

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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April 15 2013

Who owns an employee's social media account when it is used to promote the employer's business? This is a hot-button topic and developing area of

Two key elements every social media policy should include

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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March 1 2013

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has taken actions to protect employee free speech on social media, and, let's face it - most, if not all

Social media policies and the NLRB what employers need to know

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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March 1 2013

Social media policies. Chances are your company has one, is in the process of drafting one, or is worried about not having one. Employees continue to

The Price is Right verdict

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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December 18 2012

A California jury awarded a former "The Price is Right" model, Brandi Cochran, over $8.5 million for pregnancy discrimination. Ms. Cochran, who worked on

NLRB continues to dissect employer social media policies

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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December 18 2012

Consistent with its decision to invalidate a Costco social media policy that prohibited employees from posting damaging or defamatory statements about the

NLRB upholds Facebook firing, but strikes down "courtesy," social media, and other workplace policies

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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October 17 2012

In September, the National Labor Relations Board issued its first Board-level decision on a Facebook-related termination

Social media password privacy laws gaining in popularity California may soon follow suit

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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August 16 2012

Illinois becomes the second state to pass a social media privacy law prohibiting employers from requiring applicants or employees to allow employers access to their social media accounts

Same actor inference helps TV station defeat age discrimination claim by news reporters

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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July 11 2012

In Schechner v. KPIX-TV, a California court of appeal rejected the age discrimination claims of TV newscasters William Schechner (age 66) and John Lobertini (47

Federal courts address question of employer-employee ownership of business-related social media accounts

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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June 5 2012

The question of whether an employer is entitled to trade secret protection over social media accounts used for business purposes is unfolding in several well-publicized cases currently pending in federal courts throughout the country

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