SMCSeattle Education - Social Media and the Law - How to stay out of trouble in the land of Social Media

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Blogs, twitter and facebook are no more "new" platforms. Companies have dedicated positions for people managing social media. Social Media is an intergral part of every company - no matter how big or small. Social media chanels such as facebook, twitter and youtube lend themselves to a great degree of spontaeineity and TROUBLE.

Clearly, Social Media has evolved greatly in just the past year.  How then, have the laws evolved around social media? How do you stay of of trouble while you navigate the world of social media and all the tools we have available? Where do you draw the privacy line with those Location Based Apps? 

Here is YOUR chance to learn and talk about exactly how YOU could get into trouble with the law and learn exactly how to prevent it ....

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SMCSeattleED brings to you - 

Social Media and the Law - How to stay out of trouble in the land of Social Media

What is the key to staying out of legal trouble in the land of social media? Common sense? Paranoia? Education? Policies? Something else?

Come get all your legal questions around social media answered! This promises to be a fun, engaging and highly educational event that will take you from basic concepts all the way to discussion of ways you could potentially get into trouble as you continue to stay on the edge of social media world!

Bring your dinner along and enjoy a stimulating evening at the Summit Law offices down in Seattle! Thanks to Summit Law for hosting us and providing us with tea, coffee and soft drinks for the night!

 
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

·         Introduction, terminology and concepts (20 mins) - Madhu Singh
·         Who owns that content? (20 mins) - Becky Yoshitani
·         Third party platforms - what is yours and what is not ( 20 mins) Venkat Balasubramani
·         Back to the future  - what you need to prepare for (20 mins) William Carleton

·         Q&A

 

WHERE

Summit Law Group PLLC

315 5th Avenue South , 10th floor
Seattle, WA 98104-2682

Paid lot parking across the street (and others around the neighborhood too), or free street parking in the neighborhood.  Also, we’re RIGHT across the street from the International District Tunnel station, so the commute from downtown is super easy via bus.  Other easy bus lines: 7, 14, 49, 36, 99 all stop right in front of the building.

 
WHEN

Thursday, August 12, 6 p.m.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Venkat Balasubramani

Venkat Balasubramani is one of the co-founders of Focal PLLC, a law firm focused on internet, new media, and technology clients.  Venkat has over 10 years of experience as a lawyer, and focuses on representing clients in copyright, trademark, domain name, and internet-related disputes.  He’s an active blogger – he blogs at Professor Eric Goldman’s Technology & Marketing Law Blog, where he writes about issues ranging from spam to legal issues around social media.  He has been quoted in a variety of publications ranging from The Register, to Seattle PI and Media Post.  You can follow him on Twitter @VBalasubramani.

Madhu Singh 

Madhu Singh is the founder and principal attorney at MK Singh Law Office. Before starting her own business, she practiced law in both law firm and in-house counsel environments. Madhu enjoys growing her new firm by empowering other entrepreneurs and small businesses to get organized and protect themselves. In addition, she educates entrepreneurs by hosting brown bag events on various topics such as “Social Media and the Law” and “Care and Feeding of your LLC,” and is a member of several community organizations. In her spare time, she advises, and volunteers, at local non- profits. Madhu holds a JD and a MBA from the University of Kansas.

Becky Yoshitani

William Carleton

William Carleton is a member of McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC, a Seattle law firm. He works with startups and emerging tech companies, their founders and investors. He blogs daily at http://wac6.com. Bill usually works with companies from inception, and typically through their entire lifecycle. He's also worked with angels and among angel groups, and has served inside startups and emerging companies as counsel, officer and board director. 

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING SUPPORTERS

Summit Law  - for hosting the event!

Summit Law Group rejected the traditional law firm model and started from scratch to design a modern law firm founded on a single principle: customer service. Read about them at http://www.summitlaw.com

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