Social media privacy bill advances in California 
Published: May 16, 2012
Tags: Facebook, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, privacy, social media, social networking, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Employers would be prohibited from asking employees and job applicants for their Facebook passwords under a bill moving swiftly through the California legislature.
Social networks in Maryland get workplace protection
Published: May 10, 2012
Tags: Maryland, social media
Maryland workers can now tweet, update their Facebook statuses and post information on LinkedIn, without worrying about their bosses seeing any of it.
Work rule on social networking too restrictive
Published: April 10, 2012
Tags: National Labor Relations Act, NLRB, social media
An employer could not enforce a social networking rule requiring employees to get permission before commenting on work-related legal matters, a National Labor Relations Board administrative judge has ruled.
No deal: Indiana bar cautions attorneys about coupon sites
Published: March 30, 2012
Tags: advertising, coupon websites, ethics, fee-sharing, Groupon, legal ethics, legal marketing, Rules of Professional Conduct, social media, social media marketing
Using group coupon or daily deal marketing is “fraught with peril” and is likely not permitted under the Indiana Rules of Professional Conduct, the State Bar Association’s Legal Ethics Committee recently said.
Employer request for Facebook passwords yields legislation, investigation
Published: March 29, 2012
Tags: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Department of Justice, Discrimination, DOJ, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Facebook, job applicants, privacy, social media, social networking, Stored Communications Act
After recent reports that employers were requesting Facebook passwords from job applicants, state and federal legislators quickly responded with possible legislation and a request for a federal investigation into the legalities of the practice.
Survey: In-house lawyers using social media more often
Published: February 16, 2012
Tags: Facebook, in-house counsel, social media, social networking, technology, Twitter
In-house attorneys are using social media more today than they were in 2010, according to a new survey.
Study: Most judges tell jurors not to use social media
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 31, 2012
Tags: Federal Judicial Center, Judicial Conference of the United States, jury deliberations, social media, trials
WASHINGTON – Most federal judges tell jurors not to use Facebook, Twitter and other social networking tools to communicate information about the trials in which they are sitting, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Federal Judicial Center.
NLRB warns against overbroad social media policies
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 27, 2012
Tags: NLRB, social media, unfair labor practices
WASHINGTON – Workplace social media use is a fertile ground for potential federal labor law violations, according to a new guidance memo released by the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board detailing the Board’s recent decisions on the issue.
2011 employment law news wrap-up
Published: December 28, 2011
Tags: cat’s paw theory, E-verify, EEOC, employee misclassification, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ERISA, fair labor standards act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, sexual harassment, social media, social media policies
Employment law has been a hot practice area and 2011 did not disappoint. Here are some of the highlights of the past year’s most notable employment law stories:
The pitfalls of ‘frictionless’ social media
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: December 21, 2011
Tags: Facebook, social media, social networking
Technological advances continue to make life easier and yet more complicated at the same time.
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