An interesting and insightful CLE session sponsored by WestlawNext at the ABA Annual Meeting explored the legal issues associated with social media and the blogosphere.
Heather Armstrong, one of the most well-known professional bloggers, presented at the CLE, and discussed her experiences dealing with unauthorized use of blog material, defamation, cyber stalking and loss of employment for blog content. (We had a chance to talk with the “mommy blogger” after the session, which you can read more about here.)
From the counsel perspective, Marylee Abrams from Abrams and Schmidt LLC., and Kenneth Kunkle from Kunkle Law PLC, two social media experts, demonstrated how to efficiently obtain legal and factual information necessary for advising clients on issues such as employment law, social media policies, intellectual property and the FTC policy on blog disclosure.
Abrams, a lawyer who represents employers with labor relations and employment law issues, talked with us about the necessity of social media policies in this video clip:
We also talked with Kunkle, a lawyer who advises creative-based clients on matters of copyright, trademark and other general business issues, who told us in this short video clip about the importance of understanding social media.
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