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Social Media 2013: Addressing Corporate Risks


Why you should attend

Did you know that Facebook now has one billion active users? (By contrast, the entire population of the United States is 310 million people.) Or that Facebook accounts for over ten percent of all U.S. web traffic? And that over 250 million photographs are posted to Facebook each day? Or that Twitter users are expected to send over 91 billion tweets during 2012? And that over four billion videos are viewed per day on YouTube?

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+, Foursquare, Tumblr, Pinterest and other social media sites are transforming not only the daily lives of consumers, but also how companies interact with consumers. Indeed, even the largest, most conservative blue-chip corporations have begun to embrace social media; one study revealed that, of the Fortune Global 100, 77% had Twitter accounts, 61% had a presence on Facebook, and 57% had a YouTube channel; these numbers will only increase over time. Many marketing professionals view social media as the single greatest marketing tool to have emerged in this century.

However, along with the exciting new marketing opportunities presented by social media comes challenging new legal issues. In seeking to capitalize on the social media gold rush, is your company taking the time to identify and address the attendant legal risks? The good news is that, merely by undertaking simple, low-cost precautions, companies seeking to use social media can significantly reduce their potential liability exposure.

Please join us as leading practitioners and industry experts explore the cutting-edge legal concerns emerging from social media, and provide practical solutions and real-world insights to assist you in tackling these concerns.

What you will learn

  • Social media: How it works, and why it is transforming the business world
  • Drafting and updating social media policies
  • User-generated content and related IP concerns
  • Ensuring protection under the CDA’s Safe Harbor
  • Minimizing risks relating to mobile apps
  • Online marketing: New opportunities, new risks
  • Privacy law considerations
  • Practical tips for handling real-world issues
Special Feature

In-house panel to address hot issues and provide creative solutions.

Who should attend

In-house counsel and outside counsel, and business professionals who need to be on the cutting-edge of the legal issues surrounding uses of new social media.
Please plan to arrive with enough time to register before the conference begins. A networking breakfast will be available upon your arrival.

Morning Session:  9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

9:00  Introduction

John F. Delaney

9:15  Friending, Tagging and Tweeting: Social Media Overview
  • Social media: What it is, how it works, and why it is transforming the business world
  • Facebook, Twitter and the growth of social media platforms
  • Corporate uses of blogs and social networks
  • To monitor or not to monitor?
  • Online contracting hurdles to building your company’s social media presence
  • Key caselaw developments
John F. Delaney

10:15  User-Generated Content: Liability Concerns and Safe Harbors
  • IP infringement, defamation and other risks raised by user-generated content
  • Taking advantage of the DMCA and CDA safe harbors from liability
  • Rough waters: Important limitations on safe harbor protections
  • Key lessons from the emerging body of user-generated content case law
  • Obtaining rights to user-generated content
Lisa T. Oratz

11:15  Networking Break

11:30  Drafting and Updating Social Media Policies and Guidelines
  • Is your company’s social media policy compliant with employment laws?
  • Limits on regulating employees’ social networking activities
  • Key legislative and case law developments
  • Recent NRLB guidance
  • Drafting tips in preparing social media policies
Christine E. Lyon

12:30  Lunch

Afternoon Session:  1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

1:30  Going Mobile: Smartphones, Tablets and Mobile Apps
  • The iOS and Android eco-systems: Key issues to keep in mind
  • Mobile app EULAs and privacy policies
  • Geo-location tracking
  • Text messaging restrictions
  • Key case law developments
Priya S. Sanger, Cydney A. Tune

2:30  Online Marketing: New Opportunities, New Risks
  • Bloggers beware: The FTC Guides and Web 2.0 endorsements and testimonials
  • Privacy law trends of which your company needs to be aware
  • Online behavioral advertising: Staying out of trouble
  • Privacy by Design and other best practices
  • New frontiers: Social listening
Andrew Serwin

3:30  Networking Break

3:45  A View From the Trenches: Hot Issues, Creative Solutions
  • Leaders in the social media field share their experiences in addressing potential liability concerns
  • Practical tips for handling real-world issues
  • Cutting-edge trends and emerging risks: What to watch out for
Jennifer Stanley (Moderator); Lara Kehoe Hoffman, Chris McCleary, Benjamin Petrosky, Karen Scarr, Timothy Yip

5:00  Adjourn
Chairperson(s)
John F. Delaney ~ Morrison & Foerster LLP
Moderator(s)
Jennifer Stanley ~ Fenwick & West LLP
Speaker(s)
Lara Kehoe Hoffman ~ Privacy and Data Security Counsel, Autodesk, Inc.
Christine E. Lyon ~ Morrison & Foerster LLP
Chris McCleary ~ Associate General Counsel, Global Brand & Client Management, Visa Inc.
Lisa T. Oratz ~ Perkins Coie LLP
Benjamin Petrosky ~ Product Counsel, Google Inc.
Priya Sanger ~ Product Counsel - Payments, Google, Inc.
Karen Scarr ~ Associate General Counsel, Brand Services, Gap Inc.
Andrew B. Serwin ~ Foley & Lardner LLP
Cydney A. Tune ~ Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Timothy Yip ~ Product Counsel, Twitter, Inc.
Program Attorney(s)
Tamara C. Kiwi ~ Program Attorney, Practising Law Institute

San Francisco Seminar Location

PLI California Center, 685 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105. (415) 498-2800

San Francisco Hotel Accommodations

The Palace Hotel, 2 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94105. Call (800) 917-7456 seven days a week from 6:00 am to 12:00 am (PDT) and mention you are attending this program at Practising Law Institute to receive the preferred rate. For online reservations, go to www.sfpalace.com/pli to receive the preferred rate.

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