A Texas court held earlier this month that an employer lawfully fired a paramedic who posted on the Facebook page of a co-worker that she wanted to slap a patient. But, the plaintiff’s rant isn’t the worst of it. When warned by a co-worker that the plaintiff’s Facebook post was…
powered by Fotopedia In the beginning of the year, I wrote here about a federal-court decision, which recognized that LinkedIn connections are not company trade secrets. Earlier this month, that same court, in the same case, was asked to decide whether hijacking an employee’s LinkedIn account may violate the Computer…
Look out for that flying pig!!! No, it’s true. I’ve got proof after the jump… * * * Really, the employer won. The NLRB actually sided with an employer on a social-media related issue. The Board even has a press release. [Quick Google — start caching]. Quoted below from the…
Last week, CA became the third state to pass a law that bans employers from requesting online usernames and passwords from employees and job candidates. Maryland was the first state to pass such a law; Illinois was the second. As in the other two states, not only is it illegal…
It’s been a while since I’ve addressed social media policies and the National Labor Relations Act on this blog. Longer than Kim K’s marriage to what’s his name? Indeed. Methinks things at the National Labor Relations Board have been quiet lately. Maybe a little too quiet. And then… Click..click…BOOM! [Cue…
Penn State Kicker Sam Ficken probably had a pretty bad week. Last Saturday, he missed one extra point and four field goals in Penn State’s 17-16 loss to Virginia. After the game, he was deluged with online insults. Thankfully, his coach, Bill O’Brien, came to his defense. Obviously, I think…
Many times on this blog (e.g., here, here, and here), I’ve discussed the discovery of a plaintiff’s social media information in pending litigation. More often than not, these issues arise in personal injury actions where the defendant believes that the plaintiff’s injury isn’t as a severe as he claims it…
Over the weekend, I heard PSY’s catchy song Gangnam Style for the first time. Coincidentally, I then read this story from Kathleen Miles on the Huffington Post about 14 Gen-Y lifeguards at a city pool in El Monte, CA, who posted this video (below, left) on YouTube spoofing the original “Gangnam…
It was bound to happen sooner or later… Mary Pat Gallagher of the the NJ Law Journal reports here (subscription required) that two NJ defense lawyers face ethics charges after their paralegal allegedly friended an attorney-represented plaintiff in a personal injury case. Details on the allegations and some takeaways for…
And some of you wonder why I enjoy blogging about HR and employment law. More after the jump… (What I won’t do for my loyal readers….) In Targonksi v. City of Oak Ridge, the plaintiff, a former police officer with the City, alleged that her former employer had permitted her…