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Ninth Circuit rules text messages stored by third parties are out of bounds; invokes the Stored Communications Act to find third party electronic communications service provider liable for providing text messages to user’s employer
- Bricker & Eckler LLP
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- USA
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- July 3 2008
Finding a text message service provider to be an “electronic communication service (‘ECS’),” as opposed to a “remote computing service (‘RCS’),” the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court and held that the provider’s text messaging service was subject to the Stored Communications Act’s prohibition against divulging the contents of any communication while in electronic storage
Supreme Court validates public employer’s search of an employee’s text messages
- Bricker & Eckler LLP
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- USA
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- August 24 2010
One of the last cases decided by the United States Supreme Court before its summer recess was an important one for employers in today's digital and social media-driven world
IRS clarifies tax treatment of cell phones provided to employees
- Bricker & Eckler LLP
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- USA
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- October 10 2011
The IRS has clarified the tax treatment of employer-provided cell phones
