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Facebook 201: Managing Your Online Exposure

Navigating the legal potholes of social media is challenging for both employers and employees.

  •  Is “cybervetting” legal?
  •  As an employee, can you be terminated for what you post on social networking sites?
  •  As an employer, are you liable for what your employees post?
Paul S. Kube of OMW’s Wenatchee office provided the answers to these questions and many more at the Greater Wenatchee Area Technology Alliance Round Table Event on June 21, 2011.

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On May 26, 2011 the Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of bad faith claims against Scottsdale Insurance Company. Ms. Filosa had sought to collect a $3 million judgment she obtained against Scottsdale’s insured plus treble damages under the Insurance Fair Conduct Act because Scottsdale refused to defend its insured Mr. Burns against Ms. Filosa’s claim that she had contracted “flesh eating bacteria” from Mr. Burns’s tattoo parlor after having her tongue pierced. The decision dismissing the claims is a rare victory for the insurance industry in insurer friendly Washington. More


 
Using an engaging documentary-style format (think Ken Burns), Lincoln's exemplary qualities of legal and personal professionalism will come to life -- the qualities he demonstrated day in and day out in his law practice. This documentary will be coupled with discussion by a distinguished panel of lawyers and a judge to illuminate a current and modern context to the model of professionalism that Lincoln provides. Click here to view the brochure.