Social Media

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Social media sites have gained greater prevalence than email and are the next frontier for both discovery of electronic information and its presentation at trial. This program will address social media channels from several key perspectives for litigants: (1) understanding what social media channels are and what information they contain; (2) how do social media channels figure in the discovery process, as to the preservation, collection and production of the information they contain; (3) what have courts held regarding the admissibility of evidence from social media sites at trial; and (4) what types of policies and procedures should organizations adopt around social media tools to be well-positioned re: all of the above?

Course Level: Intermediate
Prerequisite: None
Method Of Presentation: Group-Based-Internet
Developer: The Knowledge Group, LLC
Recommended CLE/CPE Hours: 1.75 - 2.0
Important Note: Your State Bar or Accounting Board will make the final determination with respect to continuing education credit. If you are applying for CLE credit in Texas you must register 20 days before the event date or you will not be able to obtain CLE credit.
Advance Preparation: Print and review course materials
Course Code: 103987
Recording Fee: $299 (Please click here for details)
NASBA Sponsor Number: 109004

 

Featured Speakers for What Every Litigant Should Know About Social Media Channels: Their Impact on Discovery and at Trial LIVE Webcast:


Proposed Agenda (click here to view more)
SEGMENT 1:

Amy Longo, Partner,
O'Melveny & Myers LLP

(1) Legal Backdrop for Social Media Policies
- Employees' privacy expectations
- Employers' investigative usage
- The Stored Communications Act

(2) Considerations for Preparing and Implementing Social Media Policies
- Offensive vs. defensive policies
- External and internal site
- Overlap with electronic communications policies
- Monitoring and enforcement

(3) Preservation and Production of Social Media Information
- Duty to preserve
- Requests for social media information
- Providing social media information
- Third party subpoenas

SEGMENT 2:


David Garrett, Managing Director,
Stroz Friedberg LLC

(1) Brief description of the dramatic growth in social media sites
(2) What data is available on social media sites
    - Overview of the “Big Three” - Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
(3) How is social media data of evidentiary value?
    - Describe Real Life Examples:
        - Supposed “Expert” asking basic questions on list serve
        - Classified info leaked on WikiLeaks
        - Exoneration of falsely accused
(4) Identification and preservation strategies
    - Sources of evidence incl non obvious sources such as search engine caches and mobile        phones
    - Evidence gathering
    - Tracing anonymous comments

SEGMENT 3:


Joseph I. Rosenbaum, Partner,
Reed Smith LLP

- Protecting, Enforcing and Defending Brands and Reputation
          - What's different online in social media and a networked environment
          - What should you do when the regulators' call (e.g., FTC, SEC, FCC, FDA)
- Social Media, Courtroom Drama
          - Dealing with ethics and privilege in social media
          - Friends, fans, 'like' and OMG - judges, juries and evidence
- Relationships as contractual obligations
          - Employees, customers and suppliers in social media
          - Coping with social media blur - where policies start and stop (are you an employee, a            consumer, a family member, spokesperson?

SEGMENT 4:


Sarah Carter, Vice President of Marketing,
FaceTime Communications

- Who’s using social media and why (benefits, and rewards)
- Risks of using social media within the enterprise – outside of legal risks
- What can go wrong if risks are left unmanaged (examples from the press)
- Controls that are available that are driven by litigation or eDiscovery requirements



FaceTime Communications
Sarah Carter
Vice President of Marketing
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Stroz Friedberg LLC
David Garrett
Managing Director
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Reed Smith LLP
Joseph I. Rosenbaum
Partner
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O'Melveny & Myers LL
Amy Longo
Partner
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Who Should Attend?

- Outside Counsel
- General Counsel
- Information Technology Personnel
- Compliance Personnel
- HR Personnel

Why Attend?

This is a must attend event for anyone interested in knowing the impact of social media channels on discovery and trial.
    - New guidance explained by the most qualified key leaders & experts
    - Hear directly from key regulators & thought leaders
    - Interact directly with panel during Q&A

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What Every Litigant Should Know About Social Media Channels: Their Impact on Discovery and at Trial
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FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of Unified Communications and Web 2.0 - including social networks, blogs and instant messaging, Ranked number one by IDC for five consecutive years, and visionary by Gartner, FaceTime's award-winning solutions are used by ten of the top ten US banks, and worldwide for the security, management and compliance of real-time communications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and IM network and unified communications providers, including AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Skype, IBM and Cisco.

FaceTime is headquartered in Belmont, California. For more information visit http://www.facetime.com or call 888-349-FACE. The FaceForward blog, at http://blog.facetime.com, offers thoughts and opinions about the changing nature of Internet communications.



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