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Proskauer - Whistleblower Defense

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

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

Fisher Phillips

Ashley Madison - That Electronic Communications Policy Was a Good Idea After All

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When does an employee’s extramarital activity become his or her employer’s concern?  Before the Ashley Madison breach, the answer might as well have been “[almost] never.”  Since the Ashley Madison breach has a...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Sending Pornographic Images was Gross Misconduct Even Though Not Discovered For Several Years

In Williams v Leeds United Football Club [2015] EWHC 376 (QB), the High Court considered whether sending pornographic images from a work e-mail amounted to gross misconduct which would justify termination without notice, even...more

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