It is no surprise that companies today actively encourage their employees to engage in marketing and business development through use of social media outlets like Twitter and LinkedIn. But when an employee decides or is asked to leave the company, a dispute can, and with increasing frequency likely will, ensue over who owns these social media accounts. They were created and developed on company time with company resources, seemingly making them a company asset. The followers (or connections in the case of LinkedIn) of such accounts are, however, unique to…
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