Social Media

Number 50: What Happens When a Boss “Likes” An Employee a Little Too Much? As we conclude this 50 For 50 series, we look to the future of employment law. …

Brendan Eich resigned his post as CEO of Mozilla, a California-based company, in early April after just 14 days on the job.  The reason for his sudden departure and short…

Eighteen months ago, we reported on a slate of decisions from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) which struck down social media, confidentiality and other similar policies from non-union employee…

A U.S. District Court Judge in New Jersey has just found that private Facebook postings by an employee about her employer are subject to the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C….

Would you believe that 1.1 billion people use Facebook and one-third of Americans use social media for at least an hour a work.  Considering how prevalent social media is, you…

For the first time since January 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) unquestionably has a quorum to issue rulings.  This comes on the heels of the U.S. Senate’s votes…

According to the National Labor Relations Board, employers are free to have policies limiting e-mail usage for business purposes only.  They are just not free to enforce it. At a…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, the NLRB issued two new decisions in social media cases, one ordering the reinstatement of a tour…

As we have blogged before (see our Social Media tab for more posts), the NLRB continues its storm of decisions on social media cases.   The NLRB recently awarded  reinstatement and…

Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a report that provides guidance to public companies that want to use social media to disclose important information about their business activities….