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Social Media

Akin Gump: OFAC Issues General License Authorizing Exports and Re-Exports to Iran of Personal Communications Products and Related Internet, Satellite and Telecommunications Services

June 19, 2013 OFAC Okays Export of Social Media Technology

Baker Botts: OFAC General License Authorizes Fee-Based Services, Software and Hardware Incident to Personal Internet Communications

June 13, 2013 OFAC Okays Export of Social Media Technology

Bryan Cave: Social Media Privacy Concerns Versus Regulatory Supervision Obligations

June 10, 2013 FINRA Guidance on Social Media

Karl Knauz Motors: NLRB Rules Employee Facebook Posting Unprotected Conduct

Crowell & Moring: NLRB Says "Yes," You Can Be Fired for Something You Post Online

Kilpatrick Townsend: NLRB Finds Employer Lawfully Discharged Employee for Facebook Posting

Squire Sanders: Much-Watched “Facebook Firing” Upheld by NLRB, But “Courteous” Communications Mandate Found Unlawful

Costco: NLRB Holds Social Media Policy Overbroad

Duane Morris: NLRB Decisions Continue to Proscribe Social Media and Other Policies If They Could Arguably Be Construed to Limit Protected Concerted Activity

Pillsbury: First NLRB Decisions on Social Media Give Employers Cause to Update Policies, Practices

Littler: Social Media Policies in the NLRB's Crosshairs

Employer Access to Employee Social Media Accounts

Bryan Cave: Social Media Privacy Concerns Versus Regulatory Supervision Obligations

Littler: Oregon Passes Social Media in the Workplace Law

Proskauer: Oregon Says No to Employers Accessing Applicant and Employee Personal Social Media Accounts

NLRB's Emerging Social Media Guidance

Arent Fox: When Complaining About Your Job Becomes Protected Concerted Activity: NLRB Holds Firings for Negative Facebook Posts About Fashion Company Unlawful

Jackson Lewis: NLRB Judge Holds Union Not Liable for ‘Threats’ Against Employees on Facebook Page

Nixon Peabody: NLRB finds online discussion between non-union employees "protected activity"

Social Media/Networking Policies

Locke Lord: Properly Manage Ownership Of Social Media Accounts to Avoid Unpleasant Surprises

Pepper Hamilton: Whose Social Media Account Is It, Anyway?

Baker Donelson: Another Foul on Social Media Policies as Judge Rules Policy Too Ambiguous

Social Media (Litigation Practice)

Kelley Drye: You’ve Been ‘Poked’! ‘PCCare247’ And Service of Process by Social Media

Cozen O'Connor: Service by Social Media: The First Step in a New Way to Serve Foreign Defendants

Pepper Hamilton: The Ramifications of Pa. Courts' Broad Social Media Discovery Orders

NLRB Settles Complaint Alleging Illegal "Facebook" Firing

Andrews Kurth: The Impact of the "Facebook Firing" Case on Social Media Policies

Nixon Peabody: The NLRB/Facebook case may have settled, but employer social media policies are still under attack

Davis Wright Tremaine: Can You Restrict an Employee From Calling Her Supervisor a "Scumbag" on Facebook?

Protecting Trademarks on Social Networking Sites

Fish & Richardson: Protecting your brand in the social media environment

Greenberg Traurig: Protecting your brand on Twitter

Steptoe & Johnson: Protecting Your Brand in the Social Media Space

FTC's Guidelines For Endorsements & Testimonials

Barnes & Thornburg: Pinterest Gets Stuck With Disclosure Requirements

Bryan Cave: Employee Testimonials Can Be Risky Business

Bryan Cave: FTC Guidance On How To Incentivize Bloggers

FINRA Guidance on Social Media

Bryan Cave: Social Media Privacy Concerns Versus Regulatory Supervision Obligations

Greenberg Traurig: Michigan's New Social Media Privacy Law Bucks the Trend (and Starts a New Trend?) by Allowing Broker-Dealers to Comply with FINRA Rules

Greenberg Traurig: California Declines FINRA 'Friend Request': The Impact of State Social Media Privacy Legislation on Broker-Dealers' Ability to Comply with FINRA Rules

OFAC Okays Export of Social Media Technology

Akin Gump: OFAC Issues General License Authorizing Exports and Re-Exports to Iran of Personal Communications Products and Related Internet, Satellite and Telecommunications Services

Baker Botts: OFAC General License Authorizes Fee-Based Services, Software and Hardware Incident to Personal Internet Communications

Steptoe & Johnson: OFAC Issues General License Authorizing the Export to Iran of Services, Software, and Hardware Incident to the Exchange of Personal Communications

Ontario v. Quon & Employee Expectation Of Privacy

Skadden: Access to Employee Text Messages: Lessons from the Supreme Court’s Quon Decision

Haynes and Boone: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Employer Searches and Underscores Importance of Electronic Communications Policies

Lowenstein Sandler: The Times They Are A-Changin': U.S. Supreme Court Recognizes the Difficulties in Assessing Employee Privacy Expectations in Evolving Technologies

Restaurant Errs in Dismissing Employee For Disparaging MySpace Content

Baker Donelson: Remember That Post You Wrote About Me on MySpace? You're Fired [Houston's restaurant case]

Troutman Sanders: “MySpace” v. Company’s Space: A New Jersey Court Weighs in on Employment Decisions Based on Social Media Content [Pietrylo, et al. v. Hillstone Restaurant Group d/b/a Houston’s]

Pepper Hamilton: Monitoring the Virtual Water Cooler: Facebook and Beyond [Houston's Restaurant litigation]

Viacom v YouTube & DMCA Safe Harbor Protection

Latham & Watkins: Viacom v. YouTube: Safe Harbor Protection Upheld for Online Service Provider

Venable: DMCA Safe Harbor Upheld for YouTube Once Again in Viacom v. YouTube

Locke Lord: New Risks the DMCA Safe Harbor Does Not Always Apply Online

Arent Fox: CAN-SPAM Extended to Facebook

Skadden: Application of the CAN-SPAM Act to Social Networking Sites

Wilson Sonsini: Federal Court Approves the Application of the CAN-SPAM Act to Messages Sent within Social Networking Platforms