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A reminder to avoid prying into private group Facebook pages!

Fredrikson & Byron PA
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USA
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April 12 2013

We haven't seen a lot of Facebook firing cases coming out of the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") recently, but on April 3, 2013, the NLRB's

LinkedIn case a “mixed bag” according to judge

Fredrikson & Byron PA
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USA
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March 21 2013

In an update to our recent post, Hijacked Identity or Legitimate Business Practice? LinkedIn Lawsuit Soon To Be Decided By Court, we now have the

Hijacked identity or legitimate business practice? LinkedIn lawsuit soon to be decided by Court

Fredrikson & Byron PA
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USA
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February 22 2013

Question: What happens when a company "hijacks" a former employee's LinkedIn profile? Answer: In some cases, that employee sues for identity theft

NLRB finds Costco’s policy prohibiting defamation unlawful

Fredrikson & Byron PA
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USA
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September 26 2012

Just when we thought the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) had been noticeably quiet on the social media front, it came out with a ruling that has brought our attention back to the issue of “troublesome” employee policy language

Employee fired after suicidal Facebook message is going to trial

Fredrikson & Byron PA
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USA
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March 27 2012

A court in Seattle recently ruled that an employee who was fired after sending her manager a Facebook message stating she was thinking of killing herself can go to trial on her disability discrimination claims

The summary social media best practices in recruiting, sourcing and hiring

Fredrikson & Byron PA
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USA
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March 15 2012

Thank you to everyone who attended our seminar this morning on Social Media Best Practices in Recruiting, Sourcing and Hiring!

New report on social media provides no bright line tests for employee conduct or employer policies

Fredrikson & Byron PA
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USA
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March 14 2012

Disciplining and terminating employees for “bad behavior” in social media continues to be a hot topic of discussion for all employers

Does the NLRB find all Facebook firings unlawful? No!

Fredrikson & Byron PA
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USA
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March 7 2012

We talked in our last post about some recent Facebook firings contained in the National Labor Relations Board report on social media

NLRB issues new report on Facebook firings

Fredrikson & Byron PA
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USA
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February 3 2012

The National Labor Relations Board’s Acting General Counsel issued a new report last week discussing 14 recent social media cases

Who owns your Twitter account?

Fredrikson & Byron PA
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USA
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January 10 2012

We’ve talked before about who owns social media profiles, content, etc., but we had not seen much guidance yet from the courts