Main Practice Contacts

David A. Bell
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Matthew Thomas Deffebach
+1 713.547.2064

Publications


05/08/2013 LivingSocial Needs to Get Ready to Stand Up
04/25/2013 California Man Convicted of Hacking into Former Employer’s Computer Network
04/18/2013 Bloggers Beware: FTC Issues New Guidelines for Social Media Advertising Disclosures
04/17/2013 California Computer Hacking Case Highlights Important Circuit Split on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
04/07/2013 SEC Clarifies the Application of Regulation FD to Social Media Disclosures
04/05/2013 SEC Clarifies the Application of Regulation FD to Social Media Disclosures
04/03/2013 What Happens on Facebook, Stays on Facebook (When It Is Subject to a Discovery Request)
04/02/2013 Law360 Guest Article: New Facebook Notification: 'You've Been Served'
04/01/2013 New Facebook Notification: “You’ve Been Served” – Federal Court Permits Service of Process via Facebook
03/27/2013 Banking Law Journal Guest Article: A Look at Proposed FFIEC Guidance: "Social Media: Consumer Compliance Risk Management Guidance"
03/14/2013 Cyber Attacks are the Number One Threat to National Security
03/12/2013 Public Companies Increasingly Disclosing Cybersecurity Risks
03/12/2013 State Supreme Court Decision Offers First Amendment Guidance for Attorney-Bloggers
03/01/2013 Gone, But Social Media Not Forgotten: Social Media Estate Planning Update
03/01/2013 Gone, But Social Media Not Forgotten: Social Media Estate Planning Update
03/01/2013 Texas Bill Would Make Service via Facebook the Law
2/27/2013 100 Words or Fewer: California’s Privacy Policy Regulation
02/25/2013 Ghostbuster: Automatically “Disappearing” Messages Are Still Discoverable
02/19/2013 President Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order
02/14/2013 A Look at Proposed FFIEC Guidance: “Social Media: Consumer Compliance Risk Management Guidance”
02/14/2013 Gripes on Yelp Prompt Controversial Rulings
01/28/2013 Standing Challenges On The Rise
01/24/2013 Social Media Law Reporter Guest Article: Top Five Issues to Watch in 2013
01/18/2013 Insta-Regret: Instagram Backpedals on Plans to Use Members’ Photos in Ads – for Now
01/03/2013 CEOs, Your FB Posts Matter
12/20/2012 California Judge “Likes” Facebook Settlement; Privacy Advocates, Not So Much
12/20/2012 California Judge “Likes” Facebook Settlement; Privacy Advocates, Not So Much
11/29/2012 Don’t Delete That Post! The Duty to Preserve Social Media Evidence
11/19/2012 #Transparency: Twitter Modifies its DMCA Procedure to Point Out Copyright Complaints
11/16/2012 Two Courts UnLike Social Media Discovery Requests
11/02/2012 OPPA!: Regulating Privacy Policies for Mobile Apps in California
10/15/2012 Facebook Sued over Newly Launched “Want” Button
10/05/2012 Hot Topics in Social Media
10/4/2012 Embedded Liability? Site Owners May Not be Liable for User Links to Infringing Content
10/2/2012 Hot Dog! NLRB Issues Employer-Friendly Ruling in First Facebook Firing Decision
09/26/2012 Don’t Tag Me, Bro: Get Permission Before Posting Pictures
09/24/2012 Guest Article in Law360: Courts Atwitter With Juror Social Media Use
09/19/2012 Clean Up on Aisle 7: Costco’s Electronic Posting Policy Chills Protected Activity
9/18/2012 Courts Atwitter With Jurors’ Social Media Use
09/06/2012 Lessons in Privacy Policy Drafting from LinkedIn Data Breach
8/28/2012 A Tale of Two Lawsuits: Haynes and Boone Succeeds Before Texas High Court in Invasion of Privacy Case Involving Facebook Posts Attached to Court Pleading
08/27/2012 @London2012, The First Social Media #Olympic Games
08/01/2012 Cops Can Read Your Text Messages Without a Warrant
08/01/2012 MySpace, Just the Latest Social Media Company to Settle with FTC Over Allegedly Misleading Privacy Policy
07/20/2012 Texas Appellate Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Employer on Intrusion Upon Seclusion Tort Based on Employer’s Reaction to Facebook Comment
07/10/2012 Guess What? You Don’t Own Your Tweets
07/10/2012 New Law Starts Clock Ticking for FDA to Issue Social Media Policy
06/20/2012 Kids These Days: Federal Court Dislikes Service Via Facebook
06/20/2012 NLRB’S General Counsel Releases New Social Media Report Containing Much Needed Guidance on Lawful Social Media Policies
06/11/2012 You Can’t Take It With You When You’re Gone…Or Can You? Social Media Estate Planning
06/01/2012 Sex Offenders Battle States over Access to Social Networking Sites
05/16/2012 In re Penthouse Executive Club: Can you Strip Away the Confidentiality of Litigation-Related Communications by Posting Them on Facebook?
05/15/2012 Public Employees: Anything You “Like” Can and Will Be Used Against You
05/11/2012 A Picture is Now Worth 800 Million Users
05/09/2012 Unfashionable Firings: Judge Orders Clothing Store to Rehire Employees Who Lost Their Jobs Based on Facebook Posts.
04/26/2012 More Than Words of Disparagement: Does an Anti-Union Post Have to be Extreme to Go too Far?
04/25/2012 WILL JOB POSTINGS START TO LOOK LIKE THIS? Wanted – Qualified Individual, Must be Willing to Disclose Facebook Password in Exchange for Employment
04/23/2012 Social Media Background Checks
04/05/2012 Subpoenaing ISPs For User Identities May Now Be More Difficult–At Least in Florida
04/02/2012 Potential Pitfalls of Online Relationships Between Supervisors and their Employees
03/30/2012 SOCIAL MEDIA – THE PRE-INTERVIEW INTERVIEW YOU WEREN’T INVITED TO
03/28/2012 Yahoo! v. Facebook: Clicking Through the Blogosphere Bias
03/27/2012 Fraud Allegations Sour Apple’s Promises That Its App Store Is Secure
03/22/2012 The New Runaway Jurors: Social Media Addicts
03/15/2012 Pinning Down Your Brand: Pinterest Issues of Consideration to Brand Owners
03/12/2012 Not Cool, School: Middle Schooler Sues over Facebook Search
03/01/2012 When Liking Cookies Implicates Privacy: Facebook Litigation
02/28/2012 Peeved with Biebs: Justin Bieber Sued over Joustin’ Beaver Game App
02/22/2012 British High Court Permits Service Via Facebook: Will U.S. Courts Follow?
02/16/2012 All A-Twitter: When Someone Else Owns the Twitter Username for Your New Brand
02/16/2012 Recent NLRB Social Media Report Raises New Questions
02/11/2012 Make your Social Media Policy Stick
02/08/2012 PR News "PR Insiders" Guest Column: How to Make Your Social Media Policy Stick
02/06/2012 Social Media Policies in the Workplace – Finding the Perfect Fit
01/26/2012 Bloomberg Law Reports Guest Article: Buyer Beware - Social Media Due Diligence in M&A
12/16/2011 PR News "PR Insiders" Column: Social Media Policy a Must-Have in 2012
12/14/2011 Social Media Marketing Magazine Guest Article: Tips for Addressing Brand Misuse While Mitigating PR Backlash
12/05/2011 See No Facebook Speak No Facebook (or Twitter): Interesting Social Media Restrictions in Europe
12/05/2011 Staying Afloat in the Social Media Wave: An Employment Primer
12/05/2011 Students and Social Media: The Supreme Court Could Decide Whether Schools May Punish Off-Campus Online Speech
11/10/2011 PR News "PR Insiders" Column: Blocking Employee Use of Social Media? It's Time to Rethink Why
09/21/2011 PR News "PR Insiders" Column: Watch Your Language - When Cease-and-Desist Letters Go Viral
09/14/2011 Social Media and Employment Law
09/07/2011 NLRB Social Media Status Update: Is the Board Sending Employers a Friend Request?
09/01/2011 Dude, Where's My Disclosure? Don't Get Punk'd by FTC Regulation of Employee Social Media Use
08/11/2011 Law360 Guest Column: Social Media, Speech And The Schoolhouse
07/11/2011 In “App Store” Trademark Battle, Judge Sides with Amazon.com in Denying Apple’s Request for a Preliminary Injunction
05/19/2011 Social Media for the CEO
04/22/2011 Brand Protection Is An App-solute Must
02/28/2011 One Bad App Spoils the Bunch: Brand Protection in the App Era
08/24/2010 The Social Media Revolution: Soldiering Through the Tricks, the Traps, and the Reasons You Can't Ignore It
01/21/2010 Policing Trademarks on the Internet and Web 2.0
06/10/2009 Submit Your Trademarks to Facebook to Prevent Infringement