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Employer’s access of employee’s cell phone did not violate the Stored Communications Act

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2013

The Fifth Circuit held that an employee's cell phone was not covered under the Stored Communications Act and therefore her employer did not violate the

D.C. Circuit rules Obama recess appointments unconstitutional

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 6 2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously ruled today that President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the U.S. National

Supreme Court holds that orders requiring disclosure of privileged materials may not be appealed under the collateral order doctrine

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2009

In Mohawk Industries, the Supreme Court introduced a new obstacle to relief by ruling out one of the four methods litigants have used to challenge such orders

Supreme Court issues two unanimous decisions affecting labor & employment

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 10 2009

In Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Bhd. of Locomotive Engineers, No. 08-604 (December 8, 2009), the Court unanimously held that a union’s failure to present evidence of efforts to reach a settlement through “conferencing” did not preclude the National Railroad Adjustment Board from exercising jurisdiction over the union’s claim

Firing an employee for being a smoker did not violate employee’s privacy rights

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • December 18 2009

A former employee filed suit against Scotts LawnService for violation of his right to privacy under Massachusetts state law after Scotts fired him for testing positive for the use of nicotine

Need for compensation to enforce non-competition obligation

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • China
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  • December 23 2009

The recent publication of an employment case in China serves as a useful reminder that China has a unique, civil law, legal system, that differs in many aspects from common law systems

Former employer can send documents to home computer

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • December 18 2009

LVRC Holdings, LLC (“LVRC”) sued its former employee, Christopher Brekka, and his consulting business, Employee Business Solutions, Inc. (“EBSN”), alleging that Brekka violated the Consumer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) by accessing LVRC’s computer without authorization during and after Brekka was employed at LVRC

Crime & corruption

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2009

According to a complaint filed by a former NFL Players Association director of human services, the U.S. Department of Labor is investigating alleged collusion between the union and team owners

Administrative & court decisions

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 30 2009

The NLRB ruled that Starbucks baristas working in a Milwaukee, WI Hilton hotel cannot be accreted to an existing bargaining unit of hotel employees represented by UNITE HERE because the baristas have a separate identity from the other hotel workers and, thus, constitute a separate bargaining unit

Administrative & court decisions

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 30 2009

California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board set aside results of a decertification vote at Gallo Vineyards Inc.’s Sonoma County, California, operations

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