Posted in: Social Media Compliance
Social media is a great place to promote your real estate products, but you must comply with financial regulations governing the promotion of real estate when doing so. In other words, if you promote mortgages, home loans, HELOCs, or any other real estate products on social media – or provide educational materials for prospective homebuyers […]
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“Like our Facebook post for a chance to win. One lucky winner will be randomly selected for a grand prize.” You’ve seen these promotions. You’ve probably entered them. You may even run them for your company or clients – but are there social media contests and sweepstakes laws? You bet. Social media contests and sweepstakes […]
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It’s no secret that social media influencers work. By leveraging influencers, companies can grow their social media influence and reach, increase brand awareness, loyalty, and foster brand engagement. This can lead to thousands of new followers, increased traffic to our websites, and substantially more sales. But what laws apply to influencers on social media? Let’s find […]
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Your brand sets your company apart from your competitors. Your name, logo, website, marketing materials, and business strategy are therefore amongst your valuable most assets. But are they protected from social media legal risks? Startups, websites, and applications are being created faster than any time in history. These new competitors are looking to find what […]
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If I’ve seen it once, I’ve seen it a hundred times. A company has the foresight to implement a social media policy that is designed to protect their business from liability arising from their employees’ social media use… but their policy includes unlawful rules that create serious legal risk. Our social media lawyers have audited […]
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Every business that uses social media must have policies and procedures to ensure that employees use social media responsibly. But oftentimes companies create policies that are vague, ambiguous, and violate the law. Over the years, our social media attorneys have reviewed hundreds of policies relating to social media and have found that the key difference between […]
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In today’s day and age, every business (and every customer) uses social media in some form or another. This means that businesses need to maintain a positive social media presence and make sure their employees don’t say things on social media that can get the company in trouble. That’s where your employee social media policy […]
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Every business can be exposed to social media legal risks if their employees use social media irresponsibly. It’s therefore important to maintain an employee social media use policy that is clear so that employees understand what is allowed and what is prohibited. If your policy is clear and easy to understand, it’s more likely that […]
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Security breaches have become more and more common. While companies are struggling how to protect and manage their digital information in the cloud, the International Chamber of Commerce turned to Ethan Wall for best practices in its Commercial Crime International’s October 2016 issue. Therein, Ethan provides insight into how companies should be managing their digital […]
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Between 2008 and 2015, the percentage of the U.S. population that has at least one social media account rose from 24 percent to 73 percent. This popularity, and the billions upon billions of dollars that accompany it, has facilitated the need for legislation and ethical debate around the proper use of social networking. Attorney […]
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