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This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. Federal and state securities and other disclosure laws are also important to consider in the context of communicating via social media….

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. Participating in social media or conducting any ecommerce activity, in essence, makes a business a global company, and the laws of…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. The DMCA and CDA offer important safe harbors to businesses relative to the unauthorized posting of content on corporate sites or…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. The posting of defamatory material can lead to liability for defamation and invasion of privacy and such acts have given rise…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. A trade secret is information such as a formula, pattern, compilation, program device, method, technique or process that is economically valuable…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. A “trademark” is a word, phrase, symbol, design, or any combination of those things that identifies the source of particular goods…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. Copyright protects original works of authorship, including literary works (which includes computer programs), dramatic, musical (including lyrics), artistic (including pictorial, graphic,…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. Social media allows for a wide variety of digital media that is created and shared by multiple users. This user generated…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. Who owns the accounts that are opened on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or other social media platforms? If an employee opens up…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. An important tool in managing the legal risks associated with employees’ use of technology and social networking sites is a well…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. In today’s knowledge-based economy, confidential information and electronic systems are often the most valuable resources of a company. Employees who have…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. Information an employer might obtain online or an employer’s own use of online information may also lead to liability for an…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. In addition to privacy laws, federal electronic communication laws may also be implicated by an employer’s search of social media sites…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. Employees’ potential privacy rights form yet another technology related legal consideration for employers. Where an employer provides employees with technology resources…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. Surveys and informal data suggest that employers are increasingly using the web and social media sites to both identify and recruit…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. Various federal and state laws provide that employers may not take adverse action against applicants or employees based on certain legally…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. Federal and Minnesota state law prohibit discrimination both in hiring and in employment on the basis of various legally protected class…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. With advances in information technology, employees can work from almost anywhere as long as they have a computing device and an…

This post is part of a series of posts entitled A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace. For a comprehensive list of articles contained in this series, click here. In the employment context, social media is the water cooler writ large. Employees may gather to gripe, to get to know…

This and the following posts have been copied or adopted from A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace, published through a collaborative effort by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development and Gray Plant Mooty. Preface to A Legal Guide To The Use Of Social Media In The Workplace…