Constitutional Law – May 23, 2012

by Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 5/21/2012

Does an employer invade an employee’s privacy by accessing and reviewing the employee’s email? A recent Massachusetts Superior Court decision, Falmouth Firefighters Union v. Town of Falmouth, answers “no.” ...more

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/14/2012

On May 8, the FTC announced that it had joined the CFPB and the DOJ to file a brief supporting the constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The brief was filed in a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the...more

by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/9/2012

Recently, I wrote about a bill, SB 1208 (Leno), that would require disclosure of total compensation information with respect to each of a corporation’s five most highly compensated retirees. This requirement would be imposed...more

by Lawyers.com on 5/4/2012

A new pending law called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA) might make your email a matter of national security. The proposed legislation could include monitoring of your e-mails, filtering content...more

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 5/1/2012

Earlier this year in United States v. Jones, the United State Supreme Court addressed the privacy implications of Global Positioning Systems (“GPS”), holding that placing a GPS tracking device on a suspect’s car was a...more

by Collins & Collins, P.C. on 4/23/2012

The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures. The New Mexico Children's Code further protects juveniles and sometimes expands their constitutional rights. In a...more

by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 4/20/2012

The Supreme Court of Canada will decide whether an employer must have “reasonable cause” to conduct random alcohol testing on unionized employees, or whether an inherently dangerous workplace is sufficient to justify random...more

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 4/18/2012

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on April 17, 2012 that a private employee working for a governmental body is entitled to the same qualified immunity as full-time public employees. Filarsky v....more