EMOJI LIABILITY 101: A PRIMER ON ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CALAMITIES TO BE AVOIDED (Sponsor Firm Spolzino Smith Buss & Jacobs LLP with ANKURA)

For better or for worse, emoji are now an established part of human communications, including professional (and unprofessional) communications.  Emoji are popping up more and more in literature, political speech, public health warnings and of course, court opinions.  What can companies do to adapt to the emoji explosion?  This CLE will take you through some basic emoji meanings, hidden and otherwise, how courts have addressed emoji and how companies can consider policies to address emoji use at work.   These policies will include use of personal mobiles for work and employer rights and obligations with respect to this data.   This CLE will also offer a cutting edge view into how to use e-discovery tools to search for emoji, and how to interpret them once you find them.   Come and learn and LOL and get 2.5 CLE credits to boot!  😊

identify the types of electronic messages through which a company can inadvertently become party to a contract and/or liable in  litigation.

*provide examples of how calamities can occur & best practices to avoid bad outcomes

 *address the collateral topic of protecting company data on employee personal devices

*best practices to retrieve the data at employee departure, and

 *options for retrieval after departure.

Emojis/Emoticons

Emoji Use – Best Practices

Text/Email Calamities

-The Employee Personal Device Conundrum