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Employee Sues After Employer Hijacks Personal Twitter and Facebook Accounts (the ‘With Friends Like These…’ Post)

The case is dated (2011) but interesting.   The salient issues in Maremont v. Fredman, 2011 WL 6101949 (N.D.Ill. 2011), have enduring relevance in this culture of omnipresent electronic commerce and social media use.  The case is also post-worthy for its discussion of state law privacy and publicity torts in a computerized factual setting. Plaintiff was director of marketing for the defendant …

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Posted byPaulPJanuary 30, 2014March 8, 2014Posted inBusiness Torts, Employment Law, Social Media, TortsTags: False Association, False Endorsement, Intrusion on Seclusion, Maremont, Right to Publicity, Stored Communications Act, Susan Fredman Designs, Twitter
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