Omar Ha-Redeye presented on “Online Reputation Management” at LegalIT 5.0 in Montreal on April 4, 2011.

“Reputation Management Law” is the application of old legal principles to new public relations challenges due to the proliferation of social media.  It draws upon the intersection of defamation, privacy, copyright and trade-mark, and employment laws, but applies them in conjunction with contemporary best practices in the public relations field.
Reputation matters like never before, and the impact of social media on the bottom line means businesses and professionals are paying attention.  Between sites that review businesses and services, and blogs optimized to rank higher on Google searches, clients are now asking lawyers what they can do for them.

Complete program is now available in pdf here.
LegalIT5.0 Programme

Bios on the other speakers available here:

Omar Ha-Redeye taught a seminar on Online Reputation Management at the Leveraging Social Media session held at the Schulich Executive Education Centre on Monday, March 28, 2011.

Jonathan Bailey of the Blog Herald lists the top 5 online legal issues to watch for 2010:

1. Disclosure
2. Shield Laws
3. Copyright
4. Defamation
5. Trademark

As an example of the type of defamation issues that exist online, he points to a post about the Ron Livingston case regarding Wikipedia.  He also points out the protections of Section 230 for American bloggers.

W.R. Somey also points out more information he has collected on the wikipedia review.