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To read original article click here. Ethan wall,  a social media law professor, author and attorney, has launched Social Media Law and Order, an education company to deliver presentations and educational resources on subjects relating to social media and the law.  

Click here to see original article. A PORN witch hunt is driving the story of 30 horndogs using state time and computers to have a virtual frat party. It’s being called Porngate for a reason. Reporters wouldn’t be sweating for more details if the guys had just swapped emails and videos from Modell’s. The use […]

Click here to read the original article NEW YORK (MainStreet) — The Twitter bully @laughinpaulryan, who has been tweeting negative information about marijuana companies and investors, has been positively identified as a 36-year-old New Jersey resident named Norman Gates. “More cyber harassment of companies is happening online today because bullies think they are acting anonymously,” […]

Click here to see the original article Miami Hearld: Ethan Wall has launched Social Media Law and Order, a company created to deliver presentations, seminars, webinars and educational resources on subjects relating to social media and the law. Before Wall was at Richman Greer. He was recently president of the Dade County Young Lawyers Section. He […]

  To read original article click here Central Florida Future: With apps such as Snapchat, Instagram and YikYak sweeping the social spheres, another called UMention is hoping to join the list of addictive applications. However, as UMention steps on the social scene it brings with it a whole new level of privacy. Launched in late […]

Originally published in the Greater Miami Edition of Attorney at Law Magazine Click here to see the original article. Ethan Wall, a social media law professor, author, and attorney, has launched Social Media Law and Order, an education company created to deliver presentations, seminars, webinars, and educational resources on all subjects relating to social media […]

Senate Bill SB 198 entitled “An Act Relating to Social Media Privacy,” has died in committee, according to the National Law Review. The Act would have prohibited employers from requesting or requiring access to a social media account of an employee or prospective employee. The Act would also have prohibited employers from taking retaliatory personnel […]

In Davenport v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, 3:11-CV-632-J-JBT, 2012 WL 555759 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 21, 2012) the defendant in a personal injury action requested “[a]ll photographs posted, uploaded, or otherwise added to any social networking sites or blogs, including but not limited to Facebook.com, Myspace.com, Twitter.com, or any similar websites posted since the date […]

Social media use in the workplace continues to increase. According to an August 2012 national corporate survey, 75 percent of employees access social media on the job from their workplace computers or personal mobile devices at least once a day. Their primary purpose for using social media at work is to connect with other employees […]

In a case of first impression, a Florida appellate court held that a Florida law prohibiting certain written threats can reach statements posted on Facebook, the Daily Business Review reports. Timothy Ryan O’Leary was charged with two counts of violating Florida Statute 836.10 for what he wrote on his personal page. Under the statute, a person who “writes […]