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Social Media and the Law

Social Media and the Law examines the range of legal issues that can arise from the personal and professional use of social media, including concerns related to privacy, civil litigation, employment, criminal activity and prosecution, intellectual property, defamation, advertising, and regulated industries. Relevant legislation, cases, trends, and industry responses are included in the discussions.

The most recent update covers many developments that occurred in this field in the last year. For example:

  •  In September 2018, Tesla CEO Elon Musk settled a dispute with the SEC regarding his allegedly misleading tweet about taking Tesla private at $420 per share. The settlement included Musk paying $40 million in penalties and stepping down as Chairman of Tesla (see Chapter 1. The Social Media Phenomenon and Chapter 7. Compliance Considerations for Regulated Industries).
  • Recent studies demonstrate increasing use of AI, big data, and data analytics by employers to source and screen candidates (see Chapter 6. Employment and Workplace Issues).
  • In June 2018, the NLRB General Counsel’s Office issued a new guidance memorandum on employee handbook rules, following the NLRB’s Boeing decision. In it, the General Counsel detailed the types of rules that might be implicated under Boeing (see Chapter 6. Employment and Workplace Issues).
  • In Kumho Tires, the NLRB found an employer’s social media policy lawful under Boeing where it was in place to maintain the confidentiality of the company’s trade secrets and private or confidential information (see Chapter 6. Employment and Workplace Issues).
  • In In re CSGOLotto, Inc., the FTC for the first time brought an action against individual influencers for failure to disclose their connections with the advertiser (see Chapter 8 Advertising).

This essential treatise is available on PLI PLUS. If you would like to order a print copy, please contact libraryrelations@pli.edu.

What’s New for April

We add content to PLI PLUS every month to ensure our subscribers have access to the most up-to-date and relevant secondary source legal documents. Renowned legal experts regularly update our acclaimed Treatises, Course Handbooks, Answer Books, Transcripts, and Forms to reflect recent changes and developments in the law.

Click here to see what we added in April!

Don’t Forget! Cybersecurity Webinar on PLI PLUS

As a part of PLI’s ongoing webinar series, we will be highlighting our Cybersecurity content on Wednesday April 24th at 2:00pm ET. Each monthly webinar will cover a different practice area while also demonstrating the overall functionality of the research database.

These webinars are meant to be a convenient way to learn more about PLI content in an area of the law. Each webinar will start with an overview of relevant PLI resources to be followed by three research scenarios.

If you are interested in participating, please send an RSVP to PLUS@pli.edu.

Library Ledger, April 2019, Volume 7, Issue 1

The latest edition of the Library Ledger is now available!

In this edition, we highlight the latest journal from PLI Press–PLI Current: White Collar Practice Journal! We also showcase the latest PLI PLUS enhancements for advanced searching. Lauren Allshouse, Library Relations Manager, discusses the team’s travel experiences from the last six months.

Looking for an older edition? The complete archive of the Library Ledger is available here.

Happy National Library Week from PLI!

Yesterday marked the beginning of National Library Week. The theme this year is “Libraries = Strong Communities,” so we at PLI are celebrating our commitment to the legal research community. We also celebrate the PLI librarian team, which works to build strong relationships within the law library community. It is through this work with local and national organizations, that we are able to gain the insights and feedback needed to bring valuable enhancements to our PLI PLUS research database.

Interested in learning more? Email us at PLUS@pli.edu.