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Employer Law Blog
November 15, 2017

Employer Privacy: Is Your Non-Solicitation Agreement Current In the Modern Age of Social Media?

We are frequently reminded that the “old” attending networking events and social dinners model of business development will soon be viewed as archaic and simply too costly. Replacing the traditional networking event and social dinner is the ever increasing and efficient use of social media. To this end, companies commonly use social media, such as Facebook or LinkedIn, to market, advertise and communicate with customers. A company’s employees also frequently will add these same customers to their own personal social media accounts as Facebook “friends” or LinkedIn “connections.”