Category: Internet Legal Issues
March 26, 2014
How to Draft BYOD Policies: A “Bring Your Own Device” Legal Primer
This is excerpted from a March 13, 2014 presentation made by nationally-ranked trial lawyer Scott L. Vernick at the Business Insurance Risk Summit in New York City. The second in a two-part series, it was preceded by: How to…
March 18, 2014
Hedge Fund Takes Legal Action Over Anonymous Blogger
Hedge fund Greenlight Capital has filed a petition in New York State Supreme Court seeking the identity of an anonymous blogger at Seeking Alpha, an investor website. In mid-February Bloomberg published a report stating the…
March 4, 2014
Trump Wins Cybersquatting Case Over Parody Sites
Donald Trump has won a cybersquatting lawsuit against a man who developed four parody websites using his name. The sites published anonymous “commentary, often disparaging, on Trump and his television shows,” according to CNN. Such practices…
July 10, 2013
Tech Pioneer Sean Parker Weighs in on Internet Privacy
Sean Parker’s passionate post on TechCrunch last month may have further fueled the controversy surrounding his wedding, but the conclusion to his 10,000-word piece reflects what many Internet users think: it is time to take…
February 17, 2013
Harvard PhD Jailed for Online Harassment Campaign
John Leland's article in today’s New York Times pulls back the curtain on a years-long online harassment campaign that is certain to become a case study. It should be required reading for anyone interested in…
January 22, 2013
Employees Gain More Rights to Discuss Employers Online
The National Labor Relations Board is giving employees more free speech rights to discuss their employers online. According to Steven Greenhouse, it is requiring many companies to revise their social media rules to protect employee…
April 19, 2011
Online Reputation Management: the Cease & Desist Letter
Cease and desist letters from attorneys can be effective tactics in removing blog posts that an attorney considers libel or slanderous.