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Social Media vs. Compliance — The Major Marketing Problem Stumping Financial Services

Pagefreezer on 4/15/2025

These days, you'd be hard-pressed to find an business that isn't advertising on social media. But when it comes to financial service providers, social media marketing can become a double-edged sword, or worse a compliance...more

SEC Publishes Sample Climate Change Comment Letter

Goodwin on 9/24/2021

In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a sample comment letter on climate change disclosures; the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is conducting a review of brokerage firm...more

Social Media Compliance Policies: Your Company Needs One

Baker Donelson on 11/2/2015

Use of social media is ubiquitous in today's society. This is astounding when you think back to 2004 and realize that social media did not exist then. Fast forward ten years and by September 2014, 58% of all American adults...more

Maine Enacts Law Restricting Employer Access to an Employee's or Job Applicant's Social Media Accounts

Littler on 8/18/2015

Maine has now enacted legislation that restricts an employer’s ability to demand information regarding an employee’s or job applicant’s social media account. The passage of H.P. 640 - L.D. 921, An Act to Strengthen the...more

Connecticut Restricts Employer Access to Personal Social Media, E-mail and Online Retail Accounts of Employees and Applicants

Littler on 5/28/2015

On May 19, 2015, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law a new statute restricting an employer’s ability to gain access to social media, e-mail and other personal online accounts of employees and job...more

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