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Social media firing of the week. (final score: God 10 - waitress 0)

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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February 1 2013

The Internet is burning up this morning with the story of an Applebee's waitress who was fired for posting on Reddit, a social news and entertainment

Google Latitude launch creates potential employee privacy issues

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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February 9 2009

On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, Google launched a new feature called Latitude

New Jersey case further muddies water on personal email access and privilege issues

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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July 10 2009

May an employer access an employee's emails sent using a company-issued laptop via a personal, password-protected, web-based email account?

Watch what you say in your $& emails

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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August 2 2010

It may be that it's Monday morning as I write this but I have to admit I got a kick out of the news articles circulating late last week that reported that Goldman Sachs has revised its electronic communications policy to prohibit the use of any profanity in emails

Recent terminations highlight need for health care employers to focus on employee education regarding social media

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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August 24 2010

We are starting to see an increase in the number of news articles reporting on health care facilities terminating employees for violating patient privacy on their facebook pages or other social media

Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of government background screens in NASA v. Nelson

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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January 19 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court today issued its decision in NASA v. Nelson, a case that we previewed back in October

NLRB's Office of General Counsel issues new advice memorandum on social media

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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May 12 2011

The NLRB's General Counsel's Office's approach to employer social media policies and the discipline of employees pursuant to such policies has been a frequent topic of this blog

NLRB upholds Facebook firing but finds employer policies overboard

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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October 3 2011

Last week, another ALJ for the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision on a case involving an employee claim that he was unlawfully fired for comments made on a personal Facebook page

Ninth Circuit en banc decision in Nosal creates federal appellate court split on scope of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act's reach to protect trade secrets

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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April 16 2012

In a much anticipated decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in an en banc decision in United States v. Nosal that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA") was not intended to cover employee misappropriation of trade secrets, violations of corporate computer use policies or violations of an employee duty of loyalty

Low-tech monitoring of employees can result in employer liability

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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USA
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October 8 2010

While most employment lawyers, myself included, have been focusing lately on the opportunities and risks associated with monitoring new technologies such as social media and GPS devices, the Seventh Circuit reminds us that employers also need to remember that "low-tech" monitoring of employees can result in unexpected liability as well