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Monday, May 23, 2011

Virginia-Highland Business Edge

Social Media and Legal Issues: What Businesses Need to Know

Q&A with Virginia-Highland resident and attorney Douglas J. Miller.

I'm David Eckoff. I'm on a mission to help businesses and residents in Virginia-Highland use social media and technology to their advantage. This week, we'll explore legal issues with social media and what local businesses need to know. To learn more, I interviewed Virginia-Highland resident Douglas J. Miller, attorney at Elarbee Thompson. Here's our Q&A. When did you first start looking at social media and law? DM: I'm a fairly young attorney. Social media has been in my life personally for pretty much my entire legal career. Facebook really took off when I was in law school. That's when I first got on social media. I've never practiced law in a world in which social media didn't exist. So it was natural for me to think about some of …

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