I got this question in an email today regarding blogs on intranets:

One of areas I keep getting pushed back on is the legality of blogs.  ???What if someone says something inappropriate about another Colleague??we???ll get sued.???

I know the risk/benefit argument and I know that clearly communicated policies play an important part. But, since I’m not a lawyer, I don’t know if clearly-communicated policies to which a blogging employee has agreed would keep the company out of legal trouble in the event that employee did say something inappropriate. For those of you with intranet blogs, what’s the official line from your lawyers on this issue?