The blogosphere. It’s a relatively new realm of interaction, where being brutally honest and practicing our freedom of speech is commonplace. But this new-found outlet also comes with legal ramifications, as Heather Armstrong, one of the most famous professional bloggers, has learned.
Armstrong is the most popular “mommyblogger” in the world, with more than 1.5 million followers on her blog and Twitter, and named one of the 30 most influential women in the media by Forbes magazine. Time magazine has listed her website, dooce.com, as one of the best 25 blogs in the world.
Armstrong will discuss her experiences with unauthorized use of material from her blog, instances of defamation and cyber stalking, and loss of employment for blog content at the CLE program, “Legal Issues Resulting from the Social Media Explosion,”this Friday at the American Bar Association Annual Meeting.
Marylee Abrams and Kenneth Kunkle, two social media legal experts, will also give their perspective on the legal issues associated with social media and blogging. Both are attorneys practicing in Minnesota; the former represents employers with labor relations and employment law issues, and the latter focuses on copyright, trademark and general business issues for creative-based clients.
Another free CLE program, “Legal Research Made Easy With WestlawNext,” will also take place at the ABA conference. The program will follow a fictional client through the course of the legal research process, demonstrating how to make legal research more efficient.
Both CLEs are offered free – compliments of WestlawNext – and will be held at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco.
Legal Issues Resulting from the Social Media Explosion
Friday, Aug. 6
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – CLE
Rooms 3001 – 3005
Legal Research Made Easy with WestlawNext
Friday, Aug. 6
3:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Room 2005