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Court upholds government search of employee's workplace computer and rejects privacy claim

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 7 2007

After rehearing U.S. v. Ziegler, a case involving an employer giving police access to an employee's workplace computer containing evidence of child pornography, (originaly reported here), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals once again held that an employee had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his workplace computer

New considerations for your email policy and its enforcement: NLRB’s decision in Guard Publishing

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2008

On December 16, 2007, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its much-anticipated decision in Guard Publishing Co., 351 N.L.R.B. No. 70 (2007

Storing and screening employee emails abroad

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • Germany, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • February 25 2008

This Update sets forth new considerations for email policies in the United States due to the NLRB’s recent ruling in Guard Publishing

Are email communications with an attorney privileged when sent from the office?

  • Wilk Auslander LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2008

The attorney-client privilege has long been one of the most sacrosanct principles of law in this country

Court declines to impose excessive relevancy review, finds discovery requests too broad, refuses sanctions for failure to serve detailed preservation request

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 6 2008

February saw no less than six decisions address details of the burden imposed on a responding party to search and produce relevant documents

IT worker determined to be an exempt administrative employee

  • Fenwick & West LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2008

In a favorable decision for employers, especially technology companies, a California appellate court in Combs v. Skyriver Communications held that a former Director of Network Operations for an internet service provider was properly classified as an exempt administrative employee under California law

Contact list on employer's computer belongs to employer

  • DMH Stallard LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 7 2007

In this case a journalist, Mr Isles, created and kept all his contacts on his employer’s computer system

Employees’ communications with personal attorneys via company e-mail may not be privileged

  • Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 24 2008

While many employers have clear policies stating that the company’s e-mail system should be used “for business purposes only,” many employees nevertheless use company e-mail systems for personal communications

Nota bene: using personal notes on file

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 1 2009

In its recent interlocutory decision in Ville de Mont-Royal v. Saleh et al., the Administrative Tribunal of Québec (the “ATQ”) reiterated the rules governing the admissibility of personal notes contained on file as evidence

CEPA claim allowed where employee objected to use of company’s web portals due to lack of privacy protection

  • Ogletree Deakins
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 4 2009

In this case, the plaintiff was terminated for poor performance after failing to register on the company’s internal websites for employee benefits and performance evaluations