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Employer Commandeers Ex-Employee’s LinkedIn Account: ‘Can They Do That?!’ (Eagle v. Morgan I)

Eagle v. Morgan, 2012 WL 4739436 (E.D.Penn. 2012) is a case whose impact is likely to reverberate through the social media legal landscape for some time.  It addresses interesting questions like who owns an employee’s social media account, what happens to the account when an employee is fired, and whether the account has monetary value to the employee.  In Eagle,  a …

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Posted byPaulPJune 9, 2013July 26, 2014Posted inEmployment Law, Social MediaTags: $5, 000 loss threshold, LinkedIn; Hijacking; CFAA; Computer Fraud; lost business opportunitiesLeave a comment on Employer Commandeers Ex-Employee’s LinkedIn Account: ‘Can They Do That?!’ (Eagle v. Morgan I)
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