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LinkedIn and Lawsuits–Should You Be Concerned?

By Patrick Smith on July 21, 2009
Posted in Employee Privacy, Social Networking

There is an interesting debate occurring in the legal blogosphere concerning LinkedIn, a popular business social networking site.   It started with an article a couple of weeks ago in the National Law Journal, where management side lawyers were quoted giving warnings about the dangers of  using LinkedIn to provide recommendations to current or…

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