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Do You Care What a Job Applicant Posts on Social Media?

by FOCUS LAW | Aug 30, 2018 | Business Start Ups, Employment Law

Do you care what a job candidate’s personal beliefs are? Do you think it’s appropriate to make employment decisions based on what you may find out about a job applicant on social media? Increasingly as part of screening job applicants businesses are looking at social...

Information Worth Protecting: Access to Your Company’s Social Media Accounts

by FOCUS LAW | Aug 5, 2015 | Business Start Ups

Creating a confidentiality agreement with your employees is a good idea. It’s a step towards preventing marketing plans, customer lists, product designs or other confidential and proprietary information from being used by an employee for their own benefit or by his or...

Unsocial Media: When Your Employees Vent What Can You Do?

by FOCUS LAW | May 11, 2015 | Business Litigation, Business Start Ups, Employment Law

Social media contains a flood of people venting their views on every topic imaginable, including work. Though it’s not a good idea, employees often use social to vent their frustrations and dislikes about their job, co-workers, bosses and customers. If you learn of...

Social Media and the Law—in the Business Environment

by FOCUS LAW | Feb 2, 2014 | Business Litigation, Business Start Ups, Defamation and Slander, Employment Law, Intellectual Property

A few months ago, the Practicing Law Institute, a well-known publisher of legal practice guides, asked me to comment on its new book, Social Medial and the Law. I agreed to do so because I was curious as to what was in the book and wanted to find out whether this...

Social Media and California Employment Law

by FOCUS LAW | Jun 7, 2013 | Employment Law

In the 21st Century, ‘water cooler’ talk is increasingly being replaced by online conversations. Chances are your employees are discussing workplace issues on Facebook or Twitter at least on occasion. And while you have every right to be concerned about your company’s...