Will you instruct your executor to memorialise or close your Facebook account or will you sign up to DeadSocial to post goodbye messages posthumously? The US government has created guidelines for dealing with your digital afterlife. It also provides a
August 2014
No Secret in Brazil
The popular social networking app “Secret” has reportedly been temporarily enjoined in Brazil. A civil court in Brazil ordered both Google and Apple to remove Secret from their respective app stores, and to pull the apps from the phones of…
Social media ads and physical injury
Can social media ads lead a court to hold a business responsible for a physical assault that occurred after the customer left the business’ premises? On July 9, 2014, a federal trial court in Pennsylvania ruled in Paynton v Spuds…
Introducing our social media Glossary of law
Norton Rose Fulbright’s Social Media Bulletin is proud to offer a Glossary of Law describing various statutes involved in social media issues. The Glossary includes links to our respective blog posts on the statutes.
Take a look at our Glossary…
eDiscovery and private social media accounts
The United States District Court for the District of Kansas recently clarified the scope of discoverable information from private social media accounts.
In Stonebarger v. Union Pacific Corp., a wrongful death case where plaintiffs were seeking to recover…