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Social Media: The Legal Implications on Franchise Systems
Do you know what it means to get dooced? Is a social media troll ugly? What is crowdsourcing, the blogosphere, and UGC? It is clear by now that social media is not going to be a fad and that it will instead be a significant part of everyday life. (To end the suspense, to get “dooced” means to lose one's job because of statements made on a blog. A “troll” is a person who posts negative comments on a social media page to cause disruption and argument. “Crowdsourcing” means giving an assignment traditionally performed by employees or consultants to a large, generally unorganized group of people. “Blogosphere” is a reference to the collective blog community. “UGC” means user-generated content. See www.urbandictionary.com.)
Since most consumers today expect social media to be part of the online presence of the retailers and businesses that they frequent, franchisors have to figure out how it fits into their and their franchisees' businesses, and franchise lawyers have to figure out the legal implications of their clients' choices and actions. Social media usage can touch on many different legal issues affecting a franchise system. This article will not attempt to cover them all, but rather focus on general social media legal issues that may be new to franchisors, as well as critical franchise-specific legal issues.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Protecting Innovation in the Cyber World from Patent Trolls
With trillions of dollars to keep watch over, the last thing we need is the distraction of costly litigation brought on by patent assertion entities (PAEs or "patent trolls"), companies that don't make any products but instead seek royalties by asserting their patents against those who do make products.