Employee Blogging May Subject Employers to Liability
The FTC, in a recent advisory opinion, highlighted the possibility that a seller’s failure to disclose the connection with an endorser could result in a violation of the FTC Act. This opinion has legal implications for blogging by employees, even on personal time and even if the company is unaware of the employee’s activities. Employees should be advised to strictly abide by their employer’s blogging policy, and if they blog about a product, they must identify their employment status. What? You don’t have an employee blogging policy? Shame on you. Come get one. Come to Reed Smith. Need to know more? Read our Labor & Employment e-flash bulletin "According to the FTC, Employee Blogging May Subject Employers to Liability" and contact the authors, Angela M. Washelesky in our Chicago office or Sara A. Begley in our Philadelphia office.
