Special Lectures 2012: Employment Law and the New Workplace in the Social Media Age(Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures)

The Law Society of Upper Canada Special Lectures 2012 was an interdisciplinary program involving contributors from legal, human resources, and technology backgrounds. The program, which examined employment law in the context of the wired social media age, was designed to provide practical advice and insights on how to advise clients on matters related to the new workplace.

Table of Contents:
Preface Defining the New Workplace Adrian Ott Privacy Protection in the Digital Workplace Patrick Flaherty and Sarah Whitmore Old Rules for New Issues with New Media: Is There a Gap in Intellectual Property Law? Barry Sookman If You Tweet It, They (the Police) Will Come! Jonathan Shime and Megan Schwartzentrube Social Media in and out of the Workplace: Old Laws Learn New Tricks Andrea York and Karinne Coombes Social Network Recruiting: What Are the Implications of This New Hiring Model? Mary Beth Currie Social Network Recruiting: Implications of This New Hiring Model Daniel Tobok Cyber-Sabotage: Employee Malfeasance in the Social Media Age Melany V Franklin Professionalism Issues for Lawyers as Employees and Employers Using Social Media Panel Discussion Moderated by Janice Rubin, with Panellists Ari Blicker, Stuart Rudner, and Lisa Stam A Day in the Life of Today’s Employment Lawyer: Fact Scenarios and Commentaries Edited/Moderated by Rhonda Jansen, with Author/Panellists Catherine Peters, Melanie Reist, and Rusty McLay Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier Nicole Black Social Media and the Workplace: A View from the United States Renee Mattei Myers Developing a Social Media Policy: TD Bank Group’s Experience Mark Crestohl Reflections on the Development of a Social Media Policy: Loblaws John O’Reilly Fact Scenario: Offer Letter for Johan Smith Lorna Cuthbert and Jennifer Fantini Annotated Offer Letter of Employment — Social Media Issues Jennifer Fantini and Lorna Cuthbert The Cause of Action of Breach of Confidence Anne Gallop Employers and Defamation in the Age ofSocial Media: A Look at an Employer’s Potential Liability as a "Publisher" Michael C Smith and Court Peterson When Can Your Employer "Unlike" You?: Just Cause for Dismissal and Social Media Denis Ellickson and Meg Atkinson Cause for Termination in the Age of Social Media Jonathan Maier "Intrusion upon Seclusion" — The Tort Whose Time Has Come? Bernice Karn Injunctive Relief and the Departing Employee Paul Le Vay, Owen M Rees, and Justin Safayeni When Dinosaurs Roamed the Social Media Age: Harassment and Human Rights Cases in the New Workplace Andrew Pinto and Robert Tarantino Conducting Litigation in the Social Media Age Andrew Bernstein and Rebecca Wise Table of Cases Index