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Employer illegally seized former employee's LinkedIn account, but employee suffered no provable damages

  • Epstein Becker Green
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

Social media has changed the way that companies and employees connect to clients and customers. As new uses for social networking emerge, legal

Sanctions imposed for deleted Facebook account

  • Epstein Becker Green
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2013

A United States Magistrate Judge recently held that a plaintiff had a duty to preserve his Facebook account and that his deletion of it warranted an

Take 5: views you can use - April 2012

  • Epstein Becker Green
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 26 2012

In recent weeks, a number of federal and state legislators have issued strong statements against employers that demand access to job applicants' Facebook accounts before making a hiring decision

Are employer social networking accounts protectable trade secrets?

  • Epstein Becker Green
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 13 2012

Social media has become an increasingly important tool for businesses to market their products and services

"New" board finds that employer violated NLRA by disciplining employee for sending union-related emails through company's email system

  • Epstein Becker Green
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 23 2011

In this case, the employer maintained a policy prohibiting the use of its internal communications system to solicit or proselytize for commercial ventures, religious, or political causes or outside organizations or other non-job related solicitations

Social media sites: a useful tool for exposing violent employees?

  • Epstein Becker Green
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 25 2010

Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become fertile grounds, unfortunately, for expressions of hatred and intentions to commit acts of severe violence