Our social media attorneys regularly advise clients that utilize social media to promote their businesses. We often are engaged to guide clients through the complex maze of governmental laws and regulations and private website policies that govern the promotion and sale of goods and services via social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. We have extensive experience helping clients with: the viral distribution of advertisements and other online content; the development and implementation of employee social networking communication policies; and the creation and conduct of online sweepstakes, contests and other promotions. We likewise can assist you in understanding, complying and using to your advantage such social media related laws and regulations as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), Communications Decency Act ("CDA"), Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 ("CAN-SPAM"), Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") and FTC Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.
With regard to the use of social media sites within a business, we also counsel clients on the employment issues surrounding use of social media in the workplace. Our attorneys draft social media policies and provide advice regarding the policing of employees who use social media.
ATTORNEYS:
Jennifer J. Raymond
Charla M. Claypool
John B. Greenberg
Susan Nell Rowe