The workplace is often the laboratory where creative ideas are hatched and innovative products are launched. While striving to create environments where innovation and creativity thrive, successful companies must also ensure that appropriate safeguards and agreements are in place to protect intellectual property. Employers also face challenges in navigating fair trade practices and employee privacy
Best Practices Shared in Seyfarth Shaw’s 2015 Trade Secrets Webinar Series Year in Review
Throughout 2015, Seyfarth Shaw’s dedicated Trade Secrets, Computer Fraud & Non-Competes Practice Group hosted a series of CLE webinars that addressed significant issues facing clients today in this important and ever-changing area of law. The series consisted of nine webinars:
- 2014 National Year in Review: What You Need to Know About the Recent Cases/Developments in
Webinar Recap! Social Media Privacy Legislation Update
We are pleased to announce the webinar “Social Media Privacy Legislation Update” is now available as a podcast and webinar recording.
In Seyfarth’s eighth installment in its series of Trade Secrets Webinars, Seyfarth social media attorneys discussed their recently released Social Media Privacy Legislation Desktop Reference and addressed the relationship between trade secrets, social
Upcoming Webinar: Social Media Privacy Legislation Update
Social media and related issues in the workplace can be a headache for employers. There is no denying that social media has transformed the way that companies conduct business. In light of the rapid evolution of social media, companies today face significant legal challenges on a variety of issues ranging from employee privacy and protected
2015-2016 Edition of the Social Media Privacy Legislation Desktop Reference Now Available
Social Media Privacy Legislation Desktop Reference
What Employers Need to Know
There is no denying that social media has transformed the way that companies conduct business. In light of th
e rapid evolution of social media, companies today face significant legal challenges on a variety of issues ranging from employee privacy and protected activity to
Inside Views: The Intersection Of Trade Secret Law And Social Media Privacy Legislation
Eric Barton authored the following article on August 20, 2015 in Intellectual Property Watch summarizing several recent cases addressing trade secret claims involving social media issues, as well as providing some suggested takeaways for employers based on the limited information presently available.
There is no question that social media privacy issues now permeate the workplace.
CFAA and SCA Do Not Prohibit Creation Of A Fake Facebook Page
The defendants in a case pending in Chicago federal court were accused of contravening Facebook’s terms of use by accessing its computers in order to create a phony page and then using it to ridicule someone. In Bittman v. Fox, Case No. 14 C 8191 (N.D.Ill., June 1, 2015) (Holderman, J.), the court held
Connecticut Governor Signs New Social Media Privacy Legislation
As we have frequently reported in this blog, social media privacy issues increasingly permeate the workplace. For example, earlier this year, Montana and Virginia joined a growing number of states in enacting laws restricting employer access to the social media accounts of applicants and employees. With Governor Dannell Malloy’s approval of similar legislation in Connecticut
Aspects of Private Social Media Groups May Be Protectable Under Illinois Trade Secret Law
In Illinois federal court, a plaintiff alleged aspects of their LinkedIn group were trade secrets misappropriated by the defendant. The defendant moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim. The court denied the motion in part and granted in part, ruling that portions of social media groups may be protectable under the state’s trade
Don’t Tweet On Me! Montana and Virginia Become Latest States to Pass Social Media Privacy Legislation
By Adam Vergne and Chuck Walters
Following a national trend, Montana and Virginia have become the nineteenth and twentieth states to enact laws restricting employer access to the social media accounts of applicants and employees.[1]
Virginia’s law, which takes effect on July 1, 2015, prohibits requesting (or requiring) the disclosure of usernames and/or passwords