A recent article published in the Duke Law and Technology Review sheds new light on the jury’s use (or more precisely, lack of use) of social media when given proper instructions from the Court. (See Amy J. St. Eve, et
Social media: did you know?
How many of us actually read social media terms of use? Be wary: you allow public information to be accessible over public search engines.
When you tweet you:
- grant Twitter a licence to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish,
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Canada’s new anti-spam legislation casts a wide net
From Facebook to Twitter to YouTube to LinkedIn, sending electronic communications to others through the use of social media is becoming a central tenet of doing business. At the same time, the increasing use of social media has also contributed …
IP enforcement via takedown notices
According to a January 22, 2014 ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, an incorrectly-chosen takedown notice may constitute a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
CrossFit and its DMCA takedown notice
In…
A Retrospective of Social Media Law Blog
It’s been a full year since we launched the Social Media Law blog, and we thought it was a good time to take a moment to review:
- General Counsel use of social media continues to grow at an impressive rate
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Agence France Presse v. Morel – 2nd update
We have written previously about a court opinion relating to photos posted on Twitter, in Agence France Presse v. Morel, the opinion of which was issued in January.
The relevant facts from the case are as follows: Agence…
Social media part 3: leveraging social media data analytics to improve M&A
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+,Tumblr, Slideshare…
The catalogue of popular social networking sites continues to grow as more and more consumers – both individual and corporate – sign-up by the millions.
But how can social media be used…
Social media part 2: the proof is in the data analytics
Part 1 of our series on social media looked at how new technologies have started infiltrating the M&A landscape. But the question we aim to answer here is: to what end?
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal considered…
Social media part 1: how technology is changing M&A
Earlier this year, the MIT Sloan Management Review published a research report summarizing the findings of its global executive study on social business. The study canvassed 2,545 respondents from 25 industries and 99 countries, all of whom were involved in…