Legal Academy: Full-Day Seminar

“Risks Associated with Social Media – The Need For Appropriate Social Media Policies”

Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and numerous other social media outlets have become enormously popular in recent years, both socially and for business purposes.  Indeed, a social media strategy has quickly become a part of many business plans.  Despite the many positives with these technological advances, there are many risks to businesses when employees utilize such tools.  For example, employees may use social media to make inappropriate comments that, rightly or wrongly, bring negative publicity to the employing company.  In addition, employee use of social media may create exposure to potential liability for things such as unlawful harassment, defamation, invasion of privacy, retaliation, discrimination, and misappropriating trade secrets and other confidential information.  To help manage these risks, a company should implement an effective social media policy and educate its employees on the parameters of the policy.

Topics for this presentation include identifying social media, identifying ways in which social media can undermine a company’s reputation, identifying ways in which social media can expose a company to potential liability, and developing policies that help reduce the risks associated with the use of social media.

 

Legal Academy: Full-Day Seminar

Learn about the latest legal updates along with the best employment practices!

 

DATE: Tuesday, February 28, 2012

TIME: 7:30 am – 5:00 pm

LOCATION: Gannett/USA Today Building, First Amendment Dining Room – 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22107

PARKING/DIRECTIONS: Please park on level P2 (follow signs to Service/Employee Entrance or Event parking)

 

New Partner Announcement

We are pleased to announce that Hyatt & Weber, P.A., has added Stephen B. Stern as a partner to its practice. Mr. Stern focuses his practice on commercial and civil litigation, with an emphasis on employment and insurance lawand other business disputes.

Mr. Stern has been practicing law for more than 15 years. Prior to joining Hyatt & Weber, P.A., Mr. Stern was a partner at Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP, and, most recently, he was with Thompson, Loss & Judge, LLP, both in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Stern has successfully represented clients in federal and state courts and before federal, state, and local administrative agencies. His cases have involved various types of contract, tort, and statutory claims, some of which have resulted in jury and non-jury trials. Mr. Stern also has advised companies on various strategic matters, such as trade secret protection programs, wage and hour and other employment practices, privacy concerns, insurance coverage, independent contractor agreements and other business contracts, and document retention practices. Please click here to learn more about Stephen Stern.

Speaking Engagement – Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations

Whether it is responding to an employee complaint, a customer complaint, a government investigation, or some other issue, it seems that companies are devoting more time and resources to conducting investigations.  The appropriateness of the company’s response can potentially help the company avoid liability, maintain a customer relationship, and protect its image, among other things.  Thus, it is important to develop appropriate procedures for conducting investigations.  

On Thursday, February 16, 2012, at 6:00 p.m.

 
 The Anne Arundel Society For Human Resource Management (AASHRM) will welcome
 

Stephen B. Stern

guest speaker
 
“Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations”
 
The meeting is located at
The offices of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis, MD 21401
 

Page optimized by WP Minify WordPress Plugin