SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES: LAW, POLICY AND PRACTICAL STRATEGIES
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, April 13, 2012
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Social media networks such as Facebook, Habbo, Twitter, and YouTube represent the emergence of a user-generated paradigm creating new legal dilemmas as well as marketing possibilities. Facebook now has over 800 million registered users. Habbo, a site devoted to teenagers, has 200 million users. Twitter, the microblogging site, has 175 million users, followed by LinkedIn with 120 million users. These rapidly evolving social network websites raise new regulatory, employment, privacy, tort and intellectual property issues that will be the subject of this conference.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND Attorneys, business executives, policymakers, law students and technical professionals who desire to learn about minimizing risks and protecting rights on the “Social Network.” The conference will be of particular interest to professionals who represent companies using social media for marketing, who manage employees who have access to and utilize social media in the workplace, or who design and implement social media programs for businesses and nonprofit organizations.
ATTEND AND LEARN - How to Design and Regulate Social Networks
- What Lawyers and Business Executives Need to Know About Protecting Their Company’s Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets on Social Media Sites
- How to Protect Rights and Avoid Liability for IP on Social Networks
- How to Draft and Enforce Terms of Service Agreements for Users
- How to Minimize Employment Law Risks in Social Media and Liability for User-Generated Content
- How to Comply with International Social Media Regulations
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Professor Michael L. Rustad, Chair
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Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Professor of Law, Co-Director, Intellectual Property Law Concentration Suffolk University Law School |
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Professor Anita Bernstein
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Anita and Stuart Subotnick Professor of Law
Brooklyn Law School
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Richard L Buckingham
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Adjunct Faculty, Electronic Services/Legal Reference Librarian
Suffolk University Law School
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Peter J. Caruso II, Esq.
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Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye, LLP |
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Mary K Engel
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Associate Director for Advertising Practices
Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau Consumer Protection
Washington, D.C.
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Alexander C. Gavis, Esq.
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Vice President & Associate General Counsel
Corporate Legal Department, Fidelity Investments
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Christopher Gibson
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Professor and Associate Dean
Suffolk University Law School |
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Professor Eric Goldman
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Associate Professor and Director of the High Tech Law Institute
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Jeff Hermes
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Director of the Citizen Media Law Project and Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Assistant Director of CyberLaw Clinic, Harvard Law School |
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Edward J. Naughton, Esq.
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Brown, Rudnick, LLP |
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David S. Rubin, Esq.
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Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP |
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Christopher W. Sanzone, Esq.
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Sanzone & McCarthy, LLP |
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Professor Alfred C. Yen
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Professor and Director of the Emerging Enterprises and Business Law Program
Boston College Law School
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| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW |
| Michael Rustad
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| 9:15 |
NEW FRONTIERS OF CYBER-RIGHTS & CYBER-WRONGS: USER-GENERATED CONTENT |
| Anita Bernstein and Jeff Hermes
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| 10:15 |
PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q & A |
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SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS: HOT BUTTON ISSUES FOR EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS |
| David Rubin and Christopher Sanzone
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| 12:00 |
CONTRACT ISSUES FOR TERMS OF SERVICE IN SOCIAL
NETWORKING SITES |
| Michael Rustad and Richard Buckingham
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| 2:00 |
PROTECTING IP RIGHTS AND AVOIDING LIABILITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA |
| IP Rights and Liability Issues in Social Media: Current Exposure and Risk Minimization Strategies
Social Media Marketing and Trademark Issues
Eric Goldman Copyrights Issues & Social Media
Alfred Yen Trade Secrets & Social Media
Edward J. Naughton
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REGULATING SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICES: AN OVERVIEW OF FTC REGULATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES |
- Use of consumers’ personal information, and whether consumers are aware of such use
- Whether consumers sufficiently understand the choices they may have concerning the use and sharing of their personal information on social media platforms
- The unique challenges in this area in connection with the participation of children in social media
- FTC’s role in policing privacy and advertising issues
Moderator: Chris Gibson
Peter Caruso, Mary Engle, Alexander C. Gavis
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| Date: |
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Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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$200; $175 for Suffolk Alumni and attorneys admitted after 2010. Course Materials
The course materials for this program will be published electronically and will be emailed to you prior to the conference. If you would like to purchase a hard copy, there will be an additional charge of $35.00. Order by March 29, 2012 and it will be available for pickup at the program.
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| Walk-Ins: |
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Please call 617.573.8627 to confirm space availability.
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| Refunds: |
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There is a $15.00 cancellation fee for those who cancel before April 13, 2012. After this date, no refunds will be given.
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| Location: |
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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Approved for CLE Credit in RI, NH, VT and ME.
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Special
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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