Announcing: MoFo Jumpstarter
... ›Relevance of Securities Laws in the Social Media Age – Seminar Series
Join us for this timely seminar series in New York, Palo Alto, and San Francisco. The use of social media by public companies and their employees raises many legal issues, such as the application of the federal securities laws to communications made through company... ›Facebooks’s Online Terms of Service Held to Be Enforceable
In the recent online contracting case of Fteja v. Facebook, Inc. , a New York federal court held that a forum selection clause contained in Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (the “Terms”) was enforceable because the plaintiff assented to the Terms when registering... ›Vindictive Ex-girlfriend Could Face 18 Months in Prison for Facebook “E-Personation”
By: Jessica Kaufman
Late last year, Superior Court Judge David Ironson in Morristown, New Jersey, declined to dismiss an indictment of identity theft against Dana Thornton, who allegedly created a false Facebook page that portrayed her ex-boyfriend, narcotics detective Michael Lasalandra, in a highly unfavorable light. According... ›Click-Accept Arbitration: Enforcing Arbitration Provisions in Online Terms of Service
Companies that provide services to consumers have often sought to reduce the risk of class action lawsuits by requiring that their customers agree to arbitrate any disputes. Such arbitration agreements may require customers to arbitrate on an individual basis only, with customers being obligated... ›District Court Considers Value of Twitter Account
“Man, what do I write here? And what’s it going to be valued at?” So read Noah Kravitz’s Twitter profile soon after Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James of the Northern District of California denied Kravitz’s motion to dismiss a number of claims brought against him... ›Warning Signs: Promotions Using Facebook’s “Like” Feature
By: Julie O'Neill
In a recent case of first impression, the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (“NAD”) – an industry forum for resolving disputes among advertisers – addressed an advertiser’s use of Facebook’s “like” feature in connection with an online promotion. Such... ›Editor’s Predictions for 2012
By: Aaron P. Rubin
To ring in the New Year, the Socially Aware editors provide their predictions regarding social media law and business developments in the coming year (please keep in mind that, if we were good at this prediction thing, we wouldn’t be practicing law for a... ›Proposed Facebook Settlement Underscores the FTC’s Privacy Priorities
By: Julie O'Neill
On November 29, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed order against Facebook that builds upon both the FTC’s recommendations from its 2010 draft privacy report and precedents set in the order that it recently imposed on Google. Any business that collects... ›
