by Chris Gatewood | May 13, 2013 | Securities, Social Media, Threshold bLawg
In addition to Securities and Exchange Commission guidance for its regulated practitioners and publicly traded companies, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) issued Notice 11-39, its second providing guidance to its regulated members concerning...
by Chris Gatewood | May 13, 2013 | Securities, Social Media, Threshold bLawg
The Securities Exchange Commission last month made official what investor relations professionals had known and practiced for some time now: SM is OK for IR if you remember Reg FD. Regulation FD, “fair disclosure,” has existed since before the dawn of...
by Chris Gatewood | May 10, 2013 | Social Media
Need some guidance in dealing with employees’ use of social media in and about the workplace? In 2011 and 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) got active in telling employers how to manage their employees’ social media usage without violating...
by Chris Gatewood | Feb 20, 2013 | Threshold bLawg, trademarks
As part of its ongoing effort to tamp down intellectual property infringement overseas, Apple applied a few weeks ago for trademark protection for the visual appearance of its iPad, including the colors silver and black. The important thing to notice here is that the...
