The arrests and indictment of the alleged conspirators in the “Varsity Blues” scandal hits close to home as we are graduates of some of the venerated institutions and have teenage children who dream of attending prestigious universities whose reputations have been tarnished by association. A…
Last week, we posted about the recent uproar over employers and colleges seeking to require applicants to surrender their Facebook passwords as a condition of hiring/admission and how that practice may be analyzed by the courts under an invasion of privacy challenge. California employers should also note…
Over the last week or two, there have been many articles written about private employers and colleges that are requiring applicants to surrender their Facebook password as part of the hiring/admissions process. Today, Facebook's chief privacy officer published Facebook's position on this practice…
Last week, NLRB's Acting General Counsel, Lafe Solomon, issued a comprehensive report on NLRB cases involving social media over the last year. In issuing the report, Solomon stated: "As Acting General Counsel, I have endeavored to keep the labor-management community fully aware of the activities…
As the universe of social media continues to explode at a dizzying pace, employers are struggling to keep up with and control the content of what their employees, among others, are posting on the internet for all to see. Many employers have reacted, understandably, by adopting highly restrictive policies…
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