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Court uses “traditional relevance analysis” to order production of plaintiff-employee’s social media postings on emotional distress and alternative potential stressors

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 18 2013

In an ADA employment discrimination case, a federal court recently denied a defendant's request to compel the plaintiff to provide authorizations for

Termination over derogatory Facebook comments not unfair labor practice

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2013

A medical office lawfully terminated its employee for sharing profanity-laced, derogatory comments on Facebook. A former employee set up a group

Washington state joins growing trend to protect employee social media privacy

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2013

Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Substitute Senate Bill 5211, which prohibits employers from requiring current or prospective employees

NLRB's division of advice finds employee's Facebook comments unprotected

  • Jackson Lewis LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 12 2013

The NLRB's Division of Advice found in Tasker Healthcare Grp. dba Skinsmart Dermatology (4-CA-94222, 582013) that an employer did not violate the

Washington passes social media privacy law

  • Garvey Schubert Barer
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  • USA
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  • June 12 2013

For businesses that use social media to vet job applicants or to monitor employees, change is afoot. On Tuesday, May 21, Governor Inslee signed into

New Jersey law prohibiting employers from asking about social media accounts vetoed

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 10 2013

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie recently conditionally vetoed a bill that would have barred employers from asking current or prospective employees

Social media privacy concerns versus regulatory supervision obligations

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 10 2013

In the last eighteen months, legislatures in at least 35 states have introduced and, in some cases, adopted, legislation intending to prohibit or

Why can’t we be “friends”? Because the Oregon legislature says so

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 7 2013

Riding a wave of national news stories about employers forcing applicants or employees to turn over social media passwords as a condition of

May edition of notable cases and events in e-discovery

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 6 2013

This update addresses the following recent developments and court decisions involving e-discovery issues: A Northern District of Illinois ruling

Colorado law prohibits employers from requiring access to social media accounts

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 4 2013

Recently, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed H.B. 13-1046 into law, prohibiting employers from suggesting, requesting or requiring that