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Securities employees' social media access cannot be touched by their California employers

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 15 2013

On January 1, 2013, California joined Maryland and Illinois in restricting securities employers' access to their employees' and job applicants'

New disparate impact lawsuit filed against NCAA

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 15 2013

A new federal Title VII lawsuit was filed in California alleging that the NCAA's 2011 rule which permanently bars, among other things, convicted

How do I shut down Twitter?

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 1 2013

An anecdote in today's "Heard on the Street" section of the Wall Street Journal (sub. Req'd.) has an important lesson for all of us about social

Barbados star wins first race discrimination suit in British soccer

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 31 2012

Mail Online has just reported that Mark McCammon, a black “footballer” who filed what appears to be the first race discrimination suit in British soccer, has prevailed before an employment tribunal which held that he was “racially victimised at his former club” and then fired for alleged misconduct

The NLRB's most recent rules on social media policies

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 17 2012

On May 30, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Acting General Counsel issued a report, applicable to union and non-union employers alike, intended to clarify the NLRB’s position on social media policies

Employers, now more than ever, need social media policies

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 19 2012

Lately the legal coverage on social media is the supposedly widespread practice of employers demanding access to applicants' and employees' social media accounts

Employers beware: New Jersey advances bill that would prohibit employers from even asking if an employee had a social media account

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 11 2012

Employers in New Jersey should ignore the proposed legislation banning employers' inquiries about employees' Facebook and other social media at their own peril

Maryland bans employers from requesting Facebook passwords

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 13 2012

On April 9, Maryland became the first state to ban employers from asking for personal passwords to private internet accounts and to prohibit employers from disciplining an employee for refusing such passwords

Recent NLRB Facebook case not a big win for employers

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 10 2011

On September 28, an Administrative Law Judge for the National Labor Relations Board issued his ruling in a case involving the termination of an employee at a car dealership for postings he made on his Facebook page about events at work

"Girls Gone Wild" film editor seeks unpaid overtime pay

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 29 2011

This past week, a former film editor for the “Girls Gone Wild” franchise filed a class action in the Superior Court of the State of California alleging that Manta Films Inc. and GGW Direct LLC improperly classified him as an independent contractor, and consequently, denied him overtime pay