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Orlando partner Rex Stephens was invited to address IOMA's August 4, 2009, webinar, "Social Media in the Workplace: The Risks, The Benefits & How to Shape Your Company's Policy."

Stephens specifically addressed the potential legal risks of social media in the workplace, including:

• Inadvertent disclosures
• HIPAA violations
• Corporate and identity theft
• Fraud and misleading statements
• Copyright, pirating and trademark infringement
• Violations of anti-spamming laws

The webinar also addressed numerous additional topics, including:

• What are the workplace benefits of social media?
• Considerations for regulating the use of social media in the workplace
• How to define and set clear guidelines for acceptable use while adopting social media's benefits for productive, internal purposes
• Effective approaches to integrate these tools into your employee communications
• How to manage and monitor the user-generated content in order to safeguard your company's brand
• How to deal with emerging online issues such as harassment from online friends in the workplace, bullying, and confidentiality issues
• Case studies on how to get buy in for a policy and encourage the acceptance of social media throughout the organization