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July 22, 2011

Two Recent Decisions Illuminate for Employers the Broad Contours of ADA Confidentiality vs. the Narrow Boundaries of HIPAA Privacy

Ever since the HIPAA Privacy Rule first went into effect for larger health plans in April 2003, HR professionals

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July 11, 2011

"Social Checks" Come of Age: What Does It Mean for Employers?

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a letter closing its investigation into whether

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July 5, 2011

Location, Location, Location: Recent Developments in "GeoPrivacy" and the Impact on the Use of GPS in the U.S. Workplace

Ever since revelations in May that smartphones track the location of their users, location privacy has

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June 15, 2011

Some Smoke Clears in Washington: State Supreme Court Holds Employee Has No Claim After Being Terminated for Medical Marijuana Use

On June 9, in Roe v. TeleTech Customer Care Mgmt (Colo.), LLC, the Washington State Supreme Court held

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June 10, 2011

Employer Challenges to Developing and Enforcing Social Media/Web 2.0 Policies

I was recently interviewed by Nymity on the dozen top challenges for employers when developing and enforcing

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May 24, 2011

"Nobody Wants to be Made an Example of" - Crafting Employer Policies to Avoid Liability for Social Media Use

In a recent Business Insider article, business reporter Lou Dubois of Inc. magazine observed that few

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May 18, 2011

Massachusetts Extends Reach of Data Protection Regulations

The first anniversary of the effective date of 201 CMR 17.00 went by with little fanfare, then came the

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May 12, 2011

New Maryland Statute Further Complicates Patchwork of "Credit Privacy" Laws

by Philip L. Gordon When Maryland enacted its law (pdf) restricting the use of credit history for employment

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May 2, 2011

The Latest from the NLRB on Social Media

The National Labor Relations Board created a stir in late 2010 by filing an unfair labor practice charge

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April 26, 2011

Managing Employees' Use of Personal SmartPhones and Tablets for Work

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal aptly identified several challenges that employers face

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