Avoiding Legal Pitfalls When Using Online Social Media: What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know

This webinar will cover legal issues that can arise for foundations and nonprofits using online social media (e.g., social networks, blogs, wikis, and audio/video depositories). Learn how to properly use these tools to advance your organization's mission while managing associated legal liability with employee guidelines and policies, user agreements, disclaimers, licenses, and other risk allocation strategies.

Covered topic areas will include:

• Defamation, harassment, and other accusations of bad behavior
• Copyright and trademark protection and infringement, including fair use
• Privacy issues
• Antitrust concerns
• Employment basics

While this is a complex, diverse, and still-developing area of the law, it is critical for nonprofit organizations to understand these basics in order to avoid costly mistakes and effectively deploy social media to advance their missions and goals.

Speakers:

A.J. Zottola, a Technology Transactions Group partner at Venable LLP (one of America's top 100 law firms with more than 600 nonprofit clients nationwide), focuses his practice on the exploitation of intellectual property and intangible and technology assets in business and strategic relationships. He frequently works with association and nonprofit clients in connection with their technology-related contracts and transactions and in protecting their intellectual property.

Lisa Hix, an associate with Venable LLP in its Nonprofit Organizations Practice Group, concentrates her practice on counseling charities, trade and professional associations, and other nonprofits on a wide range of legal topics, including tax exemption, intellectual property, corporate governance, and antitrust, among others. Lisa M. Hix, an associate at Venerable LLP, concentrates her practice on counseling charities, trade and professional associations, and other nonprofits on a wide range of legal topics, including tax exemption, intellectual property, and corporate governance issues.

Fee: $35