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Category RSS FeedDon’t Rail on Your “F**** Idiot” Employees on the Net
No one likes to be sued. It may make you mad enough that you want to scream and holler on the Internet. There is a reason, however, a lot of lawyers recommend not commenting on personnel issues and pending litigation.
Take a lesson from Coyote Ugly that does not involve dancing on the bar. The lesson is — … Continue Reading
REGISTER NOW! The Social Media Brews and Views CLE
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Social Media is becoming pervasive in today’s society. This CLE looks at how it intersects with legal issues crossing a broad spectrum of specialty areas to give all practitioners the information they need to be aware of the special risks and issues social media presents. Our speakers will look at how it … Continue Reading
The Law of Using Images from the Web on Your Blog
Here are a few tips and rules about using images on your blog or website. Not only is simply copying something from the web a moral issue, it can get you into legal trouble.
Don’t Copy and Paste
Yes, the image is on Google Images. Yes, it would be easy to cut and paste and it fits … Continue Reading
NLRB says what to include and not to include in your social media policy
Federal agencies are not shy about enforcing alleged violations of their policies after the fact. From these enforcement actions, lawyers are supposed interpret the results to advise their clients on how to avoid the same fate.
In the past, the NLRB even summarized some of the cases for us in its second report on social media in the workplace. … Continue Reading
Social Media Policies – The Why Rather than the What
One of the most popular discussions in the area of social media law centers on social media policies. A simple Google search will produce plenty of examples. Some people think you simply copy and paste one of these examples and change the company name to your own. Then, you can check the social media policy … Continue Reading
FTC Blogging Endorsement Policy Gets More Clarity
Lawyers rely upon case law and statements from regulatory agencies to advise clients on what they need to do to prevent from having their name in the case books setting the precedent. Without precedent, a lot of us are just doing our best job of reading statutes and regulations. That’s why there was so much buzz about the Federal Trade Commission’s … Continue Reading
Dude, we’re going social and mobile
In a previous post, I wrote about the terms and conditions you need in your pay-per-click marketing contracts. Now, we look at the ways you can protect yourself when you embark on social media and mobile marketing campaigns.
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Your level of involvement as a marketing professional with your clients dictates your level of concern and the … Continue Reading
FTC sheds light on blogger endorsement policies after dismissal of first action
It’s been several months since the Federal Trade Commission established rules requiring bloggers to disclose any gifts or graft they may have gotten from the companies they are blogging about. The initial announcement created quite a stir and there is still a lot of uncertainty about the rules. The FTC’s recently-published guidelines help.
It seems to me the … Continue Reading
The First Thing We Do Is Sue All the Bloggers
You may remember the uproar or you may have even seen the video. It’s at the bottom of this post. In the video, a man is shooting at some dogs in a field as an onlooker videos the episode and gasps. The video went viral and the man on the video was heavily criticized on the likes of CNN … Continue Reading
New Visibility Column – prescient?
My new Visibility Magazine legal corner column out this week warns internet marketers that if we don’t police ourselves, the federal government will. You can read the column here.
The deadline for my columns is obviously before Visibility prints its paper format or completes it digital format. With the fast changing legal landscape of internet marketing that sometimes makes … Continue Reading
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