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State-level social media legislation spreads

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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May 14 2013

Arkansas, New Mexico and Utah are the most recent states to enact legislation that limits employer access to the private social media accounts of

Social media policies and the NLRB what employers need to know

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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March 1 2013

Social media policies. Chances are your company has one, is in the process of drafting one, or is worried about not having one. Employees continue to

NLRB continues to dissect employer social media policies

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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December 18 2012

Consistent with its decision to invalidate a Costco social media policy that prohibited employees from posting damaging or defamatory statements about the

NLRB upholds Facebook firing, but strikes down "courtesy," social media, and other workplace policies

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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October 17 2012

In September, the National Labor Relations Board issued its first Board-level decision on a Facebook-related termination

Social media password privacy laws gaining in popularity California may soon follow suit

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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August 16 2012

Illinois becomes the second state to pass a social media privacy law prohibiting employers from requiring applicants or employees to allow employers access to their social media accounts

NLRB issues latest memorandum on social media policies

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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June 15 2012

On May 30, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board's Office of General Counsel issued its third guidance memorandum on social media and the workplace, this time specifically focusing on employer policy language

Maryland prohibits employers from requesting disclosure of personal user names and passwords

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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May 11 2012

On May 2, Maryland became the first state in the country to enact legislation that prohibits employers from asking employee or job applicants to disclose user names, passwords or other login data for personal electronic accounts, including social media accounts

NLRB General Counsel issues pro-employer social media decisions

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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January 10 2012

In the last few months, the NLRB General Counsel has issued various advice memos recommending dismissal of cases wherein he determined that employees' Facebook posts did not constitute protected, concerted activity affording them protection from discipline under the NLRA

NLRB continues string of actions over employee use of social media

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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June 14 2011

In the latest in a series of National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") enforcement actions related to employee use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter, the NLRB issued an Advice Memorandum re: Lee Enterprises in Arizona, concluding that an employee's Twitter postings were not protected concerted activity

Use of personal email on work computers can defeat attorney-client privilege

Fenwick & West LLP
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USA
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February 4 2011

In a recent California Court of Appeals decision, Holmes v Petrovich, the court held that emails sent by an employee to her attorney on a work computer were not attorney-client privileged because they were sent from a work email account

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