Melanie Black Dubis Serves As A Featured Speaker At Continuing Education Presentation

Parker Poe Attorneys Present ,"The New Water Cooler: Legal Adventures In Social Networking". End Quote

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease) January 20, 2011 - Melanie Black Dubis and Art DeBaugh, partners at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, will present "The New Water Cooler: Legal Adventures In Social Networking," on Friday, Jan. 28, at Parker Poe's Charlotte office, located on the 30th floor at Three Wells Fargo Center at 401 S. Tryon St. in Charlotte, N.C. Breakfast and check-in will take place from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and the presentation will take place from 8:30 a.m. to10:30 a.m. The program, designed for in-house counsel, HR executives, privacy officers, CIOs, and other IT personnel and marketing professionals, will cover the challenges and potential land mines involved with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs and other forms of social networking. RSVP by Tuesday, Jan. 25 to rsvp ( @ ) parkerpoe dot com, or call (704) 348-2768 dot

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"In the ever-changing world of social media, it is crucial for human resource managers, in-house legal counsel, IT and marketing professionals to understand the legal implications of social networking sites," said Dubis. "This continuing education course is designed to be interactive and to provide attendees with information to help them manage social media for their companies and avoid legal landmines."

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Melanie Dubis' LinkedIn page:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/melanie-dubis/4/355/64a

DETAILS:
- The presentation is approved for two hours of general CLE credit.

- For more information, visit http://bit.ly/h4lmyf.

ABOUT MELANIE BLACK DUBIS:

Melanie Black Dubis, a partner at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP, handles commercial disputes for clients in North Carolina state and federal courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and arbitration proceedings. Dubis leads the firm's Antitrust and Business Torts practice group. A Phi Beta Kappa, Dubis was a John W. Wade Scholar at Vanderbilt University Law School, earning her JD in 1995 after earning a B.A. with honors from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. While at Vanderbilt University, she was the senior student writing editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. Dubis was named among North Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Star in Business Litigation in 2009 and Business North Carolina magazine's "Legal Elite" Young Guns in 2007. She is the 2006 recipient of Triangle Business Journal's 40 Under 40 leadership award. Dubis serves as pro bono general counsel for Alliance of AIDS Services - Carolina, has served on the board of Leadership America and is an active member of the board of directors of the Carolina Ballet. She was named "Outstanding Volunteer Attorney" by the Wake County Volunteer Lawyers Program. For more information about Dubis, visit http://www.parkerpoe.com.

Brittney Storm
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