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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

Protecting Privacy or Enabling Fraud? Employee Social Media Password Protection Laws May Clash with FINRA Rules

by Jessica Goldenberg | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 5/9/2013

As a growing number of states pass legislation which will protect individuals’ social media accounts from employer scrutiny, they have encountered a surprising adversary – FINRA and other securities regulators....more

St. Paul, Problems with Being Human and Small Businesses Dealing with AngiesList.com

by The Law Offices of Donald W. Hudspeth, P.C. on 9/10/2012

Like many people with a standard Midwest religious upbringing I struggle to do the right thing and, sometimes, to know just what that is under the circumstances. But, as St. Paul discussed in Romans 7 “being good is not...more

Ninth Circuit Scales Back CFAA Application to Data Misappropriation Cases

by Fenwick & West LLP on 8/9/2012

Aggrieved employers have often turned to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (the "CFAA") in suing former employees that allegedly absconded with information from company computers. Such suits face bleak prospects in the Ninth...more

Varied Facebook Password Laws Could Plague Employers

by Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 8/6/2012

Originally published in Law360, New York on August 02, 2012. Illinois on Wednesday became the second state to enact a law banning employers from requesting passwords for Facebook and other social media accounts from...more

Scandalous trademarks, same-sex divorces, contracts and more!

by Neil Guthrie on 3/15/2012

A summary of recent developments in the law you may find interesting or relevant -- or both....more

Employee Mobility Alert: Ends versus Means: Courts Vary in Their Interpretation of Employee Liability under the Computer Fraud and...

by Mintz Levin - Employment, Labor & Benefits on 10/15/2009

The federal courts are currently split on the question of whether an employee can be held civilly liable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) for misappropriating confidential company information that the employee is...more

California Supreme Court Affirms Employer's Ability To Terminate Employee For Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/30/2008

May a California employer refuse to hire a candidate who tests positive for marijuana use, if the candidate is qualified to use marijuana for medical purposes under California law? Does it matter that such marijuana use is...more

Monitoring Employees: Striking a Balance

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/22/2007

The monitoring of employees’ electronic communications can be undertaken for various reasons, and is now standard practice among most, if not all, employers. However, when undertaking such monitoring, employers must ensure...more