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Can Employers Ask Workers, Applicants for Social Media Login Information?
Debbie Kaminer, a professor in the Department of Law at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College/CUNY, writes that employees may be protected under Title II of the ECPA, or the SCA which prohibits employers from accessing their employees' personal online information in an unauthorized manner. However, it is unclear what constitutes "authorized access" as well as how the SCA would apply to job applicants.New Form Raises Stakes for Employers
Federal export-controls laws long have required U.S. companies to restrict the technical information they provide to foreign-national employees in the United States, write Maggie Murphy and Michael X. Marinelli. Under the deemed-export rule, disclosing technical information to foreign nationals — mostly non-immigrant workers — is considered an export to the individual's home country and may require prior government approval in the form of an export license.Raymond Ray nixes Rothstein reorganization plan
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Raymond Ray denied a controversial reorganization plan for the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler bankruptcy estate and ordered the trustee back to the drawing board.DOJ is steadily losing ground in wiretap cases
Federal Judge Anna Diggs Taylor came under attack from conservatives last month after ruling that the NSA's warrantless surveillance program is both illegal and unconstitutional.Fed courts, DOJ prepare for big cuts
The outstanding question for all types of federal contractors is this: How big of a financial tempest could strike on March 1, when $85 billion in automatic and arbitrary congressional budget cuts are set to kick in?Starbucks Can Limit Pro-Union Buttons of Baristas, Panel Says
The Second Circuit said Starbucks was entitled to limit button wearing as part of its strict dress code for servers during a campaign by the Industrial Workers of the World to unionize several Manhattan stores.UMDNJ Internal Probe Finds Flubs, Not Politics, in No-Bid Contracts
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey erroneously exempted $16.7 million in contracts from state bidding laws, but there is no evidence the no-bid contracts were awarded as political favors, a former state Supreme Court justice has concludedBush May Hire Lobbyist for Nominations
The Bush administration is considering hiring a high-level lobbying strategist to shepherd the president's judicial nominations through the Senate. The effort comes as a Bush nominee for the District Court in Utah, University of Utah College of Law professor Paul Cassell -- best known for his campaign to overturn Miranda -- is expected to encounter opposition at his Judiciary Committee hearing today.Deputy Sheriffs Are Police Officers for Bargaining Purposes, Justices Rule
Deputy sheriffs from Allegheny County may collectively bargain as "police officers" under Pennsylvania's Act 111, the state Supreme Court has ruled.Trending Stories
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