Email, Retaliation

This Week in eDiscovery: Discovery Requests of Private Email and Social Media Accounts, Plus, Microsoft Unveils “Air Gapped” LLM

Array on 5/23/2024

Courts Rule for Private Email and Social Media Discovery - In two separate recent rulings, courts granted discovery related to private email accounts and private social media account usernames in requests made by...more

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 20, Number 2. Privacy Briefs: February 2020

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/13/2020

Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 2 (February 2020) - A ruling from Georgia’s highest state court could set a precedent that determines recourse for victims of cyberattacks. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled in late December...more

Proskauer Represents Employer Against Former Executive Found Liable for Snooping on Boss’s and Others’ Emails

Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense on 2/2/2017

A former employee of the upscale outdoor furniture designer and manufacturer Brown Jordan recently failed in his bid to pursue whistleblower retaliation claims against the company and also found himself liable for snooping on...more

Court Declines to Decide Whether ERISA Protects Employee From Reprisal For Informal Complaint

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 6/2/2016

A federal court in Missouri was asked to determine whether a former employee proved a viable claim for retaliation under ERISA Section 510 by virtue of being terminated after she sent emails disparaging the company’s owner...more

Managing FMLA Fraud: Avoid Negative Commentary

BCLP on 1/27/2016

This last post in our three-part series on managing FMLA fraud is about how negative commentary – including emails with smiley face emoticons – can subvert an effort to show that a termination decision was based on an honest...more