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Nearly everyone has become a part of the social media phenomenon that includes Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other websites. The growth of social media has been staggering. However, along with that growth comes new legal risks, including employment issues, which we haven't seen before.

As you may know, in fall 2009, we published a social media white paper on United States law entitled:  Network Interference: A Legal Guide to the Commercial Risks and Rewards of the Social Media Phenomenon. As a result of the overwhelming response that we received from clients and colleagues around the globe, we published a second edition of the white paper in spring 2010 that included a chapter on employment practices that may arise from the use of social media in the United States and Europe.

We continue to receive overwhelming interest in social media issues relating to employment; therefore, we recently released a third edition of the white paper that addresses employment issues that could arise in France.

Click here for the new edition, and please bookmark the webpage to be sure to receive ongoing revisions to the white paper.

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This post was written by Laurence G. Rees, Sara A. Begley, Eugene K. Connors, Casey S. Ryan, Carl De Cicco, Amber M. Spataro.

In our everyday lives, we've all noticed or become a part of the phenomenon of social media Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, MySpace and more. The options offered and growth of the media have been staggering. With that growth has come new legal risks, including employment issues, quite unlike anything we've seen before. And with things happening at lightning speed, it's hard to keep up, much less react when something goes awry.

In October 2009, we published a White Paper on social media and United States law entitled Network Interference: A Legal Guide to the Commercial Risks and Rewards of the Social Media Phenomenon. The response was unlike quite anything we'd ever seen before as clients, friends, and colleagues from around the globe asked for copies and praised the work.

This month, we've published the second edition which includes a chapter on Employment Practices that addresses employment issues arising from the use of social media in both the U.S. and Europe.

Click here for the new edition and bookmark the entry to be sure to get ongoing revisions.  You can also read the employment chapter by clicking here on our sister technology blog, Legal Bytes.

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