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Facebook User Data Sought by New York D.A. in Disability-Fraud Probe
Jun 27 2014 // Facebook Inc. was ordered by a judge last year to turn over account information of 381 users who were investigated by the Manhattan District Attorney in New York for cheating to obtain disability benefits. Facebook, the...
Why Facebook Is Still Relevant for Your Agency
May 19 2014 // Facebook wants companies to pay up. In the past few years, major social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have started pushing businesses toward promoted posts, paid advertisements, and sponsored...
Worker Settles Lawsuit Over Facebook Page With Maui
May 13 2014 // Maui County in Hawaii is settling a federal lawsuit that alleged unconstitutional interference with a Facebook page. Settlement terms include the county paying $25,000 in attorneys’ fees and damages and re-writing...
Use Social Media to Improve Sales
Apr 21 2014 // Today’s generation is all about social networking. Social networking has become the most popular way to network and promote business. And in the current “tech savvy” environment it’s becoming...
Alibaba’s Grand Vision for E-Commerce Empire Includes Insurance
Apr 3 2014 // Alibaba, the world’s biggest e-commerce company, changed how China shops. Now the man driving its blockbuster U.S. stock sale wants to transform the rest of the country’s services industry, adding new users to...
Ferrari Fight Over Facebook Fan Page Tests Social Media Copyright
Mar 27 2014 // Sammy Wasem was 15 when he started a Ferrari fan page that would become one of the most popular car sites on Facebook. Six years later, he is in a legal battle with his favorite Italian sports-car maker in a case that may...
Weather Service in Oklahoma Runs Social Media ‘Tornado Drill’
Mar 13 2014 // Melody Holeman has no TV and lives in such a rural part of the Oklahoma Panhandle that she can’t even pick up a signal on the weather radio that the Red Cross gave her. When powerful storms barrel through the area,...
Like Sorry, Dad, for Facebook Post Nixing $80K Settlement
Mar 4 2014 // A Florida teenager’s Facebook post has cost her father an $80,000 legal settlement. The Palm Beach Post reported that the father had sued a Miami-area preparatory school for age discrimination after he lost his job...
Judge Allows Investors’ Class Action Against Facebook, Underwriters Over IPO
Dec 19 2013 // Facebook Inc. and the underwriters of its May 2012 initial public offering must face a class-action lawsuit by investors claiming the company misled them about its financial condition, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge...
Nasdaq Denied Immunity for Some Investors’ Claims Over Facebook IPO
Dec 17 2013 // Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. must face some of the negligence and securities law claims by investors who alleged they suffered $500 million in damages from the exchange’s handling of Facebook Inc.’s May 2012 initial...
South Carolina Police Officer Loses Facebook Firing Suit
Dec 11 2013 // A federal judge has ruled against a former police officer who argued in a lawsuit that Greenville officials violated her free speech rights by firing her over comments posted on a social networking site. Former Sgt. Susan...
Florida Woman Sues Network over ‘The Game’ Facebook Page
Nov 26 2013 // A South Florida woman is suing the Black Entertainment Television network in a dispute over a Facebook page she developed to promote the show “The Game.” Attorneys for Stacey Mattocks, who lives in Broward...
A Wary Supreme Court Allows Facebook’s $9.5M Privacy Settlement
Nov 5 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand Facebook Inc.’s $9.5 million class action settlement over allegations the social networking company’s defunct “Beacon” service violated its members’...
Judge Weighs Alabama City’s Case Over Police Officer’s Facebook Posts
Oct 31 2013 // A Dothan, Alabama judge is considering whether city officials acted appropriately in upholding disciplinary action against a police officer for Facebook posts she made. Circuit Judge Butch Binford heard arguments in the...
Court Says Facebook ‘Like’ Is Protected Speech for Employees
Sep 18 2013 // Using Facebook Inc.’s “Like” feature to show support for a candidate in an election is speech protected under the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said, handing a victory to the social...
How to Run a Successful Facebook Contest for Your Agency
Sep 4 2013 // This post is part of a series on insurance marketing and training sponsored by Astonish. Just a few years ago, most businesses thought their social media marketing job was done just by creating a Facebook page and...
101 Sales & Marketing Ideas for Agencies
Aug 19 2013 // Insurance Journal has listened to readers, spoken with experts, combed through columns and articles and even searched outside insurance circles to find the best sales and marketing tips for independent agencies today. Here...
Social Media: It’s Here to Stay
Aug 5 2013 // The Most Successful Users Know Their Markets The value of social media as a tool for marketing and selling property/casualty insurance may be a matter of debate but one thing is for certain: While the nature of social...
Social Media: It’s Here to Stay
Jul 22 2013 // The Most Successful Users Know Their Markets The value of social media as a tool for marketing and selling property/casualty insurance may be a matter of debate but one thing is for certain: While the nature of social...
West Virginia Secretary Fired Over Facebook Wants Case in State Court
Jul 3 2013 // A secretary who says she was fired over a Facebook posting made on her own time and at her home computer wants her wrongful discharge lawsuit sent back to Ohio County (West Virginia) Circuit Court. Sonya Olako filed a...
