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Fisher Phillips

A Company’s Facebook Snooping Didn’t Prevent Critical Trade Secrets Injunction

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Can a former employer’s alleged misconduct defeat a request for injunctive relief against former employees when those departing workers take confidential information and clients to another employer? A federal appeals court...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

Gone Phishing: Employer Faces Liability for Mistakenly Disclosing W-2 Forms to Scammer

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Phishing. Spoofing. - These words may sound silly, but for employers, they are anything but. Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive electronic information—such as usernames, passwords, or financial...more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: February 2018

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Rojas v. HSBC Card Services Inc., 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 640 (2018)- Summary: Installing recording device and recording calls on company phones renders actions intentional under California Invasion of Privacy Act. ...more

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Andrews and Hogan verdicts demonstrate disgust against invasion of privacy

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Just this month, two large jury awards were given to celebrities in their respective civil suits alleging amongst other things, invasion of privacy: First, FOX sportscaster Erin Andrews was awarded $55 million in her...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Don’t Throw It Away: A Company May Not Have Rights to Confidential Information It Puts in the Garbage

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Greenpeace, Inc. v. The Dow Chemical Co. - In an opinion that should remind us all of the importance of properly disposing of documents, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of Greenpeace’s...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Health Data Breach Victims Have Standing to Sue Says WV Supreme Court

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The most common defense against class actions for data breach has itself been breached in a ruling last week by the West Virginia Supreme Court....more

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