Reputational Injury, Retaliation

EntertainHR: BTS of “It Ends With Us”: Speaking out on Social Media

FordHarrison on 1/8/2025

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! If you’re anything like me, you spent your holidays watching “It Ends With Us,” a romantic drama film based on Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel, and catching up on the Blake Lively v....more

ARE YOU TALKING TO ME? New Jersey imposes further limits on non-disparagement clauses.

Flaster Greenberg PC on 5/29/2024

The Supreme Court of New Jersey has just made it even harder for employers to prevent harmful comments from employees and former employees. Specifically, non-disparagement clauses have been the primary tool employers use to...more

3 Key Factors in Safeguarding National Security: Economic Sanctions, Voluntary Self-Disclosures, and Whistleblower Retaliation

Guidepost Solutions LLC on 4/11/2024

Companies and their executives can reduce Department of Justice (DoJ), OFAC, and Commerce Department risks (and liability) by understanding and respecting the relationship between economic sanctions, voluntary...more

Behavioral Misconduct Investigations: Key Challenges and How To Minimize Reputational Impact

Ankura on 10/6/2023

Rarely a day goes by without at least one report of workplace misconduct hitting the headlines globally. In a post-#MeToo era, there is an ever-increasing focus from society on how organizations respond to and deal with...more

‘You Don't Have to Take It’: Keep OCR Happy, Use Legal Means to Combat Online Comments

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 8/17/2023

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 23, no 8 (August 2023) The allegation was shocking and, if true, would devastate the orthopedic surgeon’s reputation. An online commenter accused him of operating on the wrong arm or...more

Rumor Has It–Workplace Gossip About Female “Sleeping Her Way To The Top” Could Be Sex Discrimination

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/20/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: According to the 4th Circuit, a female employee who was subjected to false rumors that her promotion was a result of sleeping with the boss can levy her claim for sex-based discrimination against her...more

City Can’t Restrain Employee’s Critical Comments - Ninth Circuit Holds It Is OK to Speak on Matters of Public Concern as a Private...

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 9/18/2018

A city employee’s comments at a public event were not protected under the First Amendment because she spoke as a public employee, not a private citizen, a federal appeals court held in Barone v. City of Springfield. However,...more

Part II - Lessons Learned from Union Corporate Campaign Against Tesla Using Worker Safety.

Fisher Phillips on 7/9/2018

Part II - Corporate campaigns - first the press and then the OSHA complaints.... Multiple Rounds of Cal-OSHA Inspections. Cal-OSHA has opened four investigations into Tesla, which clearly reflects union, California...more

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