Socially Aware

May 15, 2015 - First Amendment, Internet of Things, DMCA, FTC, Terms of Use, Privacy, Copyright, Infographic, IP
Hot Off the Press: The May Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter Is Now Available
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here. In this issue of Socially Aware , our Burton Award -winning guide to the law and business of social media, we discuss a recent decision in Virginia protecting the anonymity of Yelp
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April 28, 2015 - First Amendment, Privacy, Defamation, Litigation
Court Protects Anonymity of Yelp Users
By: J. Alexander Lawrence
Virginia’s highest court recently held that Yelp could not be forced to turn over the identities of anonymous online reviewers that a Virginia carpet-cleaning owner claimed tarnished his business. In the summer of 2012, Joseph Hadeed, owner of Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, sued seven anonymous Yelp
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April 15, 2014 - First Amendment, DMCA, Privacy, E-Discovery, Copyright, Employment Law, Discovery, Litigation, Wearable Computers
Hot Off the Press: The April Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter Is Now Available
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here. In this issue of Socially Aware , our Burton Award -winning guide to the law and business of social media, we summarize the current status of various state laws restricting employer access
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February 03, 2014 - First Amendment, FTC, Privacy, Employment Law, Financial Institutions
New Issue of the Socially Aware Newsletter Available
The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here. In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we summarize the FFIEC’s recently-issued final guidance on social media use by financial institutions;
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January 29, 2014 - First Amendment, DMCA, Privacy, Copyright
Keeping Privates Private: The Legal Landscape of Revenge Porn
By: Jessica Kaufman and Aaron P. Rubin
Mark Zuckerberg famously stated that the purpose of Facebook is “to make the world more open and connected,” and indeed Facebook, other social media outlets and the Internet in general have brought worldwide openness and connection-through-sharing to levels unparalleled at any point in history.
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January 13, 2014 - First Amendment, Employment Law, Litigation, Supreme Court
Refining the First Amendment Status of Social Media Activity by Government Employees
By: Aaron P. Rubin
The Supreme Court’s 1968 decision in Pickering v. Board of Education allows governmental employers, including law enforcement agencies, to fire or discipline employees for disrupting operations with excessive complaining, but it prohibits governmental employers from firing or disciplining an employee for speaking out on
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