Privacy, Labor & Employment Law, Business Torts

Who Owns an Employee’s LinkedIn Account?

by John Martin | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/6/2013

LinkedIn is a social media site catering exclusively to professionals with 200 million registered users in 200 countries. For many businesses, marketing via social media is a critical component to success. Employees use...more

Missouri Uniform Trade Secrets Act Does Not Protect Customer Information Insufficiently Guarded or Which is not Truly "Trade...

by Williams Venker & Sanders on 2/20/2013

In this case, a corporate successor, Central Trust Investment Company (hereafter also "Central Trust") sued the former employee (Kennedy) of its acquired company, Springfield Trust & Investment Company (hereafter also "STC"),...more

New Jersey's Medical Marijuana Law Impacts Employers

by CJ (Candida) Griffin, Esq. on 1/14/2013

The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act raises a slew of issues for employers that have yet to be fully explored and resolved in litigation. New Jersey employers must have an ongoing relationship with an...more

Jurisdiction for an International Computer Fraud Lawsuit?

by Shawn Tuma on 1/12/2013

The proper jurisdiction for suing someone for engaging in computer fraud from a foreign country, directed at a company in the United States, is the place where the wrongfully accessed computer server is located if the...more

Mobile App Privacy Developments In California

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 12/31/2012

The Attorney General of California has begun sending non-compliance letters to mobile app developers who are not complying with the State’s privacy laws because their apps do not have a privacy policy. The apps targeted are...more

California Employment Bill Recap

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 12/11/2012

California legislators have been active passing several employment law bills that impact local businesses in recent months. Here’s a recap of some with brief summaries. Legal counsel should be sought for a complete...more

Preventing Unfair Competition In The Absence Of A Non-compete Agreement

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 12/10/2012

You’ve read the tile of this article. There it is, up above. Let me repeat: Preventing Unfair Competition in the Absence Of A Noncompete Agreement What I really want you to focus on is the last part. The part that reads:...more

California’s Shine the Light Act: Plenty of Reason$ for Businesses Not to Shine It On

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 10/4/2012

Recent class actions regarding California’s Shine the Light Act illuminate the need for California businesses to pay attention to their privacy policy compliance practices. Violations of the Act can incur civil penalties of...more

Social Media Policies and the NLRB

by Tammy Ensslin on 3/12/2012

In recent months, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has been hearing an increasing number of cases alleging Section 7 violations as it pertains to Social Media policies and resulting discipline and...more

New York Court Finds Clinic Not Liable for Employee's Disclosure of PHI

by Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 2/28/2012

A federal district court dismissed an action against an employer alleging vicarious liability for an employee’s dissemination of a patient’s protected health information (PHI) related to treatment for a sexually transmitted...more

California Employment Law Notes

by Anthony Oncidi on 9/10/2011

Employee Who Provided False social Security Number and Other Information Was Barred from Suing For Disability Discrimination Employer Did Not Violate CFRA by Transferring Employee upon Her Return from 19-Week Stress Leave...more