Once again, this installment of “Trade Secret | Noncompete Issues and Cases in the News” is my vacation readings update. There is again a lot here! Enjoy… Federal/Antitrust: In October 2009,...
The Maryland legislature has become the first state legislature to pass a bill forbidding employers from demanding - or even asking for - social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) usernames a...
A lot has been written on how insecure social media can be and the need to assess the risks. I won't bother to add more. I am, however, passing along a very-well written (and lengthy) discussion of...
The perennial issue of the extent of privacy rights in the workplace -- in particular, what right the employer has to review private messages (including sexually-explict text messages, see "sexting")...