Here is your weekly installment of the Week in Social Media News–a summary of social media news from around the web. As always, the focus of these stories is social media legal news (as opposed to the tens of thousands of stories on social media in general). Having culled through the hundreds of articles I review each week, here are some of the more interesting and applicable:

• Twitter for Lawyers: How to Be a Good Twit - Hashtags are simply the “#” symbol followed by a keyword or subject for a particular tweet. For example, when I tweet about a social media legal issue, I try to include the “#SocialMedia” and “#law” hashtags in my tweet. Hashtags, such as #SXSW for …

• US and UK Case Law Update: Social Media in Employment - The law governing social media is rapidly evolving. Within the last year, the UK has seen a rise in reported cases from the employment tribunals, which have …

• Social Media at Work - A two-hour conversation on the legal implications of social media in the workplace followed. Hosted by the ILR Labor and Employment Law Program, which …

• Ethics, law, and social media in the workplace - Yesterday (Nov. 6) as part of the Business Ethics Speakers Series I host, we held a panel discussion on “Ethical and Legal Aspects of Workplace Social Media.” It’s a topic many organizations are thinking about these days, and it raises a lot of tricky …

• Social Media Rules for Sports Agents - Travis Martz was brought into Business Arena because of his in-depth legal expertise. Further, Travis is “tweeting” quite often, and therefore is a perfect candidate for the below Q&A: Q: With regards to social media, what are some topics you believe …

• Social media takes workplace harassment to new levels - Download Now. social media tablet While employees may dismiss a message as “just a joke,” employers know that employees often disagree about where joking ends and harassment begins. And an employee who claims harassment has a running record (aka great …

• Study on Voting and Social Media Demonstrates Stupidity of Laws Against …
  A new study from Pew Research, titled “Social Media and Voting” and conducted via telephone between Nov. 1 and this morning, found that 74 percent of those surveyed engaged in some form of social media sharing regarding the election. Thirty percent …

• Ignorance is no defence on Twitter and Facebook, warn legal experts - These days, whether it’s on a social media website or in relation to an online article, we all expect to have our say and post our own content. The legal position of an individual who posts content online (whether on Facebook, Twitter, on comment …

• Social Media Legal Pitfalls | The Marc Rosenberg Blog - In October, the presenter was Frank Saibert, Chair of the Labor & Employment Group of the law firm of Ungaretti & Harris. The topic: Social Media Pitfalls.

• Next Generation of Law Firm Websites Influenced by Social Media …
  Read the following guest post by Janet Ellen Raasch, a writer and ghostwriter for lawyers. The bestlaw firm websites have an entirely new look and feel.