If there is a turning point for the esports industry, if it has not already occurred, it occurred this week. A lawsuit filed last Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court by Turner Tenney, a 21-year old gamer known as Tfue, against Faze Clan, his gaming organization. The lawsuit is an attempt by Tfue to void
PhoneDog v. Kravitz
Inside Litigation Over Social Media Accounts – Why Employers Should Have Social Media Policies – Part I
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As previously written about on this blog, the case PhoneDog v. Kravtiz is one of the first cases in the country to deal with substantive ownership issues arising out of social media accounts used in the workplace. As companies are moving more and more away from traditional marketing and advertising towards the use of…
Does the Company or the Employee Own a Twitter Account?
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Imagine you are an employer and your employee in charge of your social media accounts leaves, keeps the accounts, and begins using the accounts while working for a competitor. Conversely, imagine you are an employee, leave employment to work for a competitor and your former employer sues you for $350,000 because you refuse to stop…