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• What Every Attorney Needs to Know About Social Media

  Law firms are embracing social media, but this technology often causes lawyers to panic. Learn how to navigate the top social networks like a pro.

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• Blocking Social Networking Sites in the Workplace

  Use of social networking sites is finding its way into the workplace. Is that a good thing? Not necessarily, at least according to some employers, as they are blocking employee access to such sites.

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• Facebook Firings and the NLRB: When Are Posts Protected Activity?

  As a recent NLRB decision demonstrates, in the context of social media posts about employment conditions, the medium of delivery does not change the analysis of whether a firing is lawful. Moreover, not only is it important to understand when social media posts may or may not be the basis for terminating an employee, counsel must know when reliance on company policy is inappropriate.

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• The Law of Social Networking Sites: a Primer

  In this article, Professor Eric Goldman of the Santa Clara University School of Law gives an overview of the laws affecting social networks and their users, and offers several questions to ponder as the popularity of these sites continues to increase.

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• Is Your Company’s Social Media Launch Ahead of Its Compliance Program?

  Many businesses are still coasting along enjoying the marketing advantages of social media without making sure they have a good compliance program in place. For every company with a Facebook fan page or Twitter account, roughly 65 percent would admit they do not have a social media policy.

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• Social Computing in the Enterprise: How Organizations Can Gain the Value of Powerful 2.0 Technologies

  Open Text(TM) Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in enterprise content management (ECM), today announced a set of best practices that can help organizations adopt blogs, wikis, social networks and other "2.0" technologies to create deeper connections with customers and partners, and improve employee collaboration and productivity.

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• Social Media Archiving: Nextpoint Announces Enhanced Collection of LinkedIn Data in the Company’s Cloud Preservation Product

  Latest release of company's Cloud Preservation product employs LinkedIn API to dramatically improve collection, search and export of posted data

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• Yahoo! and comScore Networks Study Reveals Influential Consumers Can Be Reached Through Search, Social Media and Communication Tools

  The Internet has become an increasingly powerful resource to help companies extend their brand message online through some of the most loyal, engaged and influential consumers, according to new research from Yahoo! and comScore Networks. Released today, "Engaging Advocates through Search and Social Media" reveals how consumers use social media, search and communication tools like email and instant messaging to research and talk about the brands, products or categories about which they are passionate.

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• Educational Institutions: Got Technology?

  A recent study makes plain that for educational institutions to stay competitive, they need to be equipped with the latest technology for the use of their students.

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• MySpace Launches Its Largest Mobile Initiative In Partnership With Cingular Wireless

  MySpace.com, the world's leading lifestyle portal, and Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, today announced an exclusive partnership to offer enhanced MySpace functionality to all Cingular customers via their mobile phones.

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