Social Media

States/Feds Begin to Consider Legislation Making Disclosure of Employee/Student ‘Social Media Information’ Illegal

Posted on October 31, 2012March 23, 2016

“An academic institution shall not request or require that a student or applicant disclose any password or other related account information in order to gain access to the student’s or applicant’s social networking site profile or account by way of an electronic communication device.” In July, 2012, the governor of Delaware signed a legislative bill […]

Business Law

NLRB Rules Some Facebook and Twitter ‘Rants’ are Protected by Federal Law

Posted on September 1, 2011March 23, 2016

The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) recently concluded that employers may not discipline or terminate an employee for engaging in some forms of communication on social media sites, like Facebook and Twitter. The reasoning behind this ruling is that if the employee is engaged in “protected concerted activity” whereby they are discussing terms and conditions […]