When can an employer go too far in punishing employees for their statements in social media? The National Labor Relations Board caused a stir in October 2010 by filing its first enforcement action related to social media. Specifically, the Board alleged that American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc. violated federal labor law by terminating an[...]
Employee Rights and Social Media – A Summary of NLRB Enforcement Activity
Monday, June 6, 2011 By Brian Wassom
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: American Medical Response, AMR, Anchorman, Arizona Star, Build.com, employment, facebook, Hispanics United, Knauz BMW, labor law, NLRB, Ron Burgundy, social media policies, Thomson Reuters, Tucson, twitter, workplace
While You Were Sleeping… I Infringed Your Publicity Rights on Facebook
Thursday, March 31, 2011 By Brian Wassom
It’s fairly well-understood by now that impersonation is a significant problem on the internet. How do you know that a person speaking online actually is who they say they are? Different social media sites handle the issue in their own ways. Twitter will offer certain well-known users the option of a “Verified” account. Facebook requests[...]
Filed Under: IP, Social Media Tagged With: facebook, false endorsement, impersonation, Right of Publicity, twitter, workplace
Evolving Standards of Online Decency?
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 By Brian Wassom
For as long as there has been social media (lo these handful of years), seldom a day has passed without a news story about someone’s online post getting them fired. Teenager tweeting her boredom at work? Canned. Teacher griping about students on Facebook? Fired. Professional athlete trash-talks his management online? Booted. And so on. By[...]
Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: embarrassment, facebook, twitter, workplace
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