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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

Social media privacy concerns versus regulatory supervision obligations

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

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

Skinsmart dermatology avoids a legal blemish over Facebook posting

  • Akerman Senterfitt
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 4 2013

The "Facebook Firing" cases continue with the NLRB deciding more often than not that employees fired for Facebook postings engaged in "protected

Washington State passes social networking privacy legislation

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 27 2013

On May 21, 2013, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Senate Bill 5211, which with certain exceptions prohibits mandatory employee

Properly manage ownership of social media accounts to avoid unpleasant surprises

  • Locke Lord LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 24 2013

Effective use of social media has become indispensable to most businesses. However, many companies have not addressed an important issue related to

NLRB offers further clarification regarding expression of employees’ section 7 rights on social media

  • Barnes & Thornburg LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2013

On May 8, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an advice memorandum that further clarified its position regarding employees' use of

Court rules employer cannot force a former employee to update LinkedIn profile

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 17 2013

In today's world of social media, we know that employees live online. With LinkedIn, this includes having a living resume for anyone with a LinkedIn

UPMC’s email messaging, and social media policies recently found to violate NLRA

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

An administrative law judge in Pittsburgh recently struck down an employer's email, e-messaging, and social media employment policies as

And the hits keep coming: the NLRB continues to make inroads into social media

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

As recently reported on this blog here, here, and here, the NLRB has aggressively been trying to regulate the workplace implications of social media