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SAG-AFTRA's Influencer Agreement and Waiver Image

SAG-AFTRA's Influencer Agreement and Waiver

Francelina M. Perdomo

For years, the legal framework governing the collaboration between influencers, advertisers and brands has been comparable to the Wild West, presenting multiple legal challenges to navigate. Influencer marketing exponentially grew when the COVID-19 pandemic drew performers to social media as the principal outlet to connect with their audience. As a result, SAG-AFTRA decided to venture into the fast-growing influencer market.

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The Slack Explosion: Convenient Yet Complicated  Image

The Slack Explosion: Convenient Yet Complicated 

Elizabeth Pollock-King

Part One of a Two-Part Series The informality of chat culture not only makes chat data harder to search, it also results in huge volumes of a new kind of data that must be processed in unique ways before it can be reviewed.

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Opportunities, Risks and Strategies In the Metaverse

Brandon Leahy and Chloe Delehanty 

While it is still unknown how the metaverse will take shape lawyers advising brands should familiarize themselves with the opportunities it presents, the risks involved, and strategies to consider for enhancing and protecting a client's brand.

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Brands In the Metaverse: Opportunities, Risks and Strategies

Brandon Leahy and Chloe Delehanty 

While it is still unknown how the metaverse will take shape, lawyers advising brands should familiarize themselves with the opportunities it presents, the risks involved, and strategies to consider for enhancing and protecting a client's brand.

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Slut-Shamed In the Workplace? Avoiding Exposure for Your Employees' Exposure Image

Slut-Shamed In the Workplace? Avoiding Exposure for Your Employees' Exposure

John G. Browning

Situations involving an employee's voluntary online exposure rarely end well and can bring legal exposure for the employer.

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Biometric Law Litigation Expands Beyond Social Media Image

Biometric Law Litigation Expands Beyond Social Media

Shari Claire Lewis

Social media has played an oversized role in lawsuits under state and local biometric privacy laws. Now, a New York City law that took effect in July is likely to significantly expand the range of biometric-related litigation beyond social media companies to a new group of defendants: retail stores, places of entertainment, and food and drink establishments.

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Emojis and E-Discovery Image

Emojis and E-Discovery

Philip Favro

Emojis are an important aspect of everyday communication in 2021. Given their ubiquity, there should be little surprise that emojis have become a key source of evidence in civil and criminal cases.

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Preserving Snaps: Understanding Retention Features of Messaging Apps Image

Preserving Snaps: Understanding Retention Features of Messaging Apps

Philip Favro

The recent Doe v. Purdue University case out of the Northern District of Indiana — in which the court sanctioned plaintiff for failing to preserve relevant images and videos from his Snapchat application — teaches that counsel must understand the retention and deletion features of Snapchat and other messaging apps and social media if they are to help their clients preserve relevant ESI.

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Evolving Court Views on Content Embedding Image

Evolving Court Views on Content Embedding

Shaleen J. Patel & Mike Hobbs

Recent legal and procedural developments associated with the ubiquitous Instagram social media site have created significant practical and legal risks for both copyright owners and account holders that entertainment industry professionals should note.

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To Embed, or Not to Embed, that is the Question Image

To Embed, or Not to Embed, that is the Question

Shaleen J. Patel & Mike Hobbs

Would Shakespeare Post Hamlet on Instagram in 2020? Recent legal and procedural developments associated with the ubiquitous Instagram social media site have created significant practical and legal risks for both copyright owners and account holders.

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