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BakerHostetler

Viral Layoffs: Important Considerations for Employment Actions in the Digital Age

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Social media usage remains ubiquitous in 2024, and a recent trend sees the increased use of social media by employees to document their experiences with layoffs and disciplinary actions in the workplace. ...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

EEOC Updates Its Guidance on Workplace Harassment

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) hopped on the bandwagon of employment law updates this week by updating its guidance to prevent workplace harassment. This guidance focuses on protecting covered employees...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

5 Things You Need to Know About NIS 2

On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament approved the Network and Information Security 2 Directive ("NIS 2"), moving a step closer to expanding the scope of the Network and Information Security ("NIS") Directive, the EU's...more

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Are Younger Lawyers Naturally Better At Social Media?

Are digital natives, those who were born in an era when electronic devices were prevalent and in their hands from the moment they were old enough to hold them, better equipped in this current era of social and digital media?...more

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New State Department Social Media Requirement Expected to Cause Delays

Foreign nationals are now required to provide a five-year history of social media usernames, telephone numbers, and email addresses when applying for U.S. nonimmigrant or immigrant visas. The plan to require more information...more

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Sedona Conference Releases Primer on Social Media, 2nd Edition for Comments – July 2018

The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production has released a Primer on Social Media, 2nd Edition, and it is now available and open for public comment through September 10, 2018. ...more

Hogan Lovells

European Court Proposes Criteria for Assessing Employee Monitoring Activities

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On September 5, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued a ruling in the case of Barbulescu v. Romania that affirms employees’ right to privacy in the use of communications tools in the workplace. Although the ruling...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

How Computer Forensics Can Affect Your Divorce Case

As people spend more and more time on digital and electronic devices (smartphones, laptops, ipads, and computers), digital information becomes more relevant in divorce cases. Social media, computers and cell phones become...more

BCLP

Monitoring Employees’ Email and Internet Use Raises Legal Considerations

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Retailers should be aware that federal laws prohibit the interception of another’s electronic communications, but these same laws have multiple exceptions that generally allow employers to monitor employees’ email and...more

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Employee Monitoring: A How-To Guide

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Federal laws prohibit the interception of another’s electronic communications, but these same laws have multiple exceptions that generally allow employers to monitor employees’ email and internet use on employer-owned...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

President Donald J. Trump – What Lies Ahead for Privacy, Cybersecurity, e-Communication?

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Following a brutal campaign – one laced with Wikileaks’ email dumps, confidential Clinton emails left unprotected, flurries of Twitter and other social media activity – it will be interesting to see how a Trump Administration...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Status Updates - March 2015 #2

Out with the inbox? The overwhelming popularity of workplace-specific platforms that facilitate coworker communication—commonly referred to as “enterprise social media”—is undeniable. But are these platforms poised to someday...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Applying Canadian Securities Laws To Social Media: A Square Peg In A Round Hole (OWTTE)

The time has come for Canadian securities regulators and stock exchanges to revisit the application of securities laws and policies to the use of electronic communications for the disclosure of material information. Existing...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Uphill Climb Continues for Privacy Class Actions: Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against Facebook, Zynga

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On May 8, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s decision to dismiss with prejudice consolidated consumer class-action claims against...more

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Tennessee Joins the Growing List of States Limiting Employers' Access to Personal Online Content

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Legislation to restrict employers' access to applicants' and employees' personal online content continues its rapid expansion in 2014. Three weeks after Wisconsin became the 13th state to adopt its own social media password...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Corporate Finance Alert: SEC Eases Social Media Restrictions

Last week, the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance issued guidance intended to facilitate the use of social media in connection with capital markets transactions,...more

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