In Eagle v. Morgan (E.D. Penn. March 12, 2013), a banking company was found liable for infringing the publicity rights of its former CEO, Dr. Eagle. When Eagle left her position, the company used her password to access her LinkedIn account and lock her out of it. They then replaced her information with that of[...]
Publicity Rights and LinkedIn – The Case of Eagle v. Morgan
Filed Under: IP, Social Media Tagged With: eagle v. morgan, LinkedIn, publicity rights, Right of Publicity
[GUEST POST] Public Company Use of Social Media
This post was authored by Rebecca L. Friedrick. She is a law student at the University of Notre Dame Law School and was a 2012 summer associate at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP. Introduction As individuals increase their use of social media, companies are joining the conversation in increasing numbers. Over the past couple of[...]
Feb.15 Webinar: Social Media Legal Implications for Health Care Providers
On Wednesday, February 15, my colleagues Linda Ross and Mary Pate and I will be presenting on this topic in a webinar sponsored by the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA). More information and a registration form are available here. This is our second time presenting to the MHA’s constituency, but the substance of our[...]
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: facebook, health care, Linda Ross, LinkedIn, Mary Pate, MHA, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, social media law, twitter, YouTube
LinkedIn and Litigation
It’s relatively hard to find lawsuits featuring evidence from LinkedIn. By contrast, cases in which (often salacious or embarrassing) Facebook or MySpace posts become the key evidence are getting to be a dime a dozen. That’s just a function of the types of content being shared on these sites. By and large, you won’t find[...]
Public Companies, Social Media, and SEC Regulation FD
Public companies are using social media to amplify the impact of their public statements and increase shareholder engagement. For example, companies are “live tweeting” (i.e., posting updates to Twitter in real time as an event is happening) their earning calls and annual meetings. A social media site called StockTwits curates such information in real time.[...]
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: CME Group, facebook, investor relations, LinkedIn, public companies, Reg FD, retweet, SEC, StockTwits, twitter, YouTube
Twitter Accounts as Brands: The OMGFacts Lawsuit
If they make a movie out of this lawsuit, they could call it The Social Network, Part Deux. Less than a year after the Oscar-winning film about the struggle for control of Facebook hit the screens, a high schooler living a few hours’ drive from the social media giant’s headquarters filed this lawsuit against a[...]
Filed Under: IP, Social Media Tagged With: Adorian Deck, Apple, Dell, Emerson Spartz, Justin Halpern, Lanham Act, LinkedIn, OMGFacts, Right of Publicity, Sh*t My Dad Says, The Social Network, Trademark & Unfair Competition, twitter, URLs
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