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[...]
Feb.15 Webinar: Social Media Legal Implications for Health Care Providers
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 By Brian Wassom
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
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 By Brian Wassom
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
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 By Brian Wassom
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
Monday, May 23, 2011 By Brian Wassom
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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