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Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Curious About Your Newest Employee’s Social Media Presence? Too Bad, Because in New York, It Could Cost You!

In the era of Tiktok influencers and Instagram models, almost everyone has an online side hustle, and that highly qualified referral you just interviewed or bright new hire you just made might just be one of them! The same...more

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury...

You Should Know - January 2017

People now spend more time online than watching television. And the top destinations are social media sites like Facebook. This month we look at the consequences of sharing too much personal information on social media and...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Social Media Employee Privacy Laws – The New Majority Approach?

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As the old Bob Dylan song goes, “the times they are a-changin’.” While I suspect his message may have been intended for a more meaningful topic than social media employee privacy laws, his words do ring true. When Maryland...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Don’t Tweet On Me!

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Following a national trend, Montana and Virginia have become the nineteenth and twentieth states to enact laws restricting employer access to the social media accounts of applicants and employees. Virginia’s law, which...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Top 10 Technology Blunders for Employers

As one who presumably has no nude selfies, you may not be too concerned about a “hack” like the one that continues to afflict celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t still plenty...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Rhode Island Enacts Employee Social Media Privacy Legislation

Rhode Island has recently enacted legislation intended to protect job applicants’ and employees’ social media accounts and information. The new law prohibits employers from requiring job applicants or employees to disclose...more

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