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Court Upholds Nurse’s Firing And Denial Of Unemployment Following Facebook Rant
By IT-Lex Intern Amber Williams (LinkedIn) What would you do if you were a hospital administrator and one of your employees posted the following about you? “Instead of spending my birthday...
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“Quit Your Job” App Creates New Employer Considerations For Handling...
By IT-Lex Member Jason A. Pill (bio) Have you been thinking about quitting your job, but just cannot figure out the most delicate way to broach the subject with your boss? Maybe you are at a loss for...
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Browsing Recipes Online Doesn’t Constitute “Commerce” Under The FLSA
We’ve got a long way to travel to get to this afternoon’s case – it’s from the U.S. District Court for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands. Judge Manglona’s opinion begins with a sentence that...
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Plaintiff’s Ex-Girlfriend’s Computer Is Fair Game For Discovery In Colorado Case
By IT-Lex Intern Amber Williams (LinkedIn) Recently, in a case out of Colorado, the court rummaged through complicated discovery requests and ultimately ordered Plaintiffs to comply with relevant ESI...
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Party Can’t Seek Discovery Costs When Requested Emails “Are Not Inaccessible”...
Lindsay v. Clear Wireless LLC is a relatively short opinion from earlier this month, out of Minnesota. In an employment law action, plaintiffs asserted that “defendants failed to comply with the FLSA’s...
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Employer Could Be On The Hook For Using Employee’s Social Media Accounts
By IT-Lex Intern Kristin Bergman (Twitter / LinkedIn) Jill Maremont worked as the marketing director for interior design firm SFDG. After a car accident, Maremont took leave from work to undergo brain...
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Deleted Facebook Posts And Texts Cause Trouble For Employment Discrimination...
In Painter v. Atwood, a Nevada case from last month, the plaintiff alleges that Dr. Atwood, her former boss, “climbed on top of her with his pants undone and held her down.” In a subsequent deposition,...
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Employees With Authorized Access To Valuable Data Cannot Be Hackers Under The...
By IT-Lex Intern Amber Williams (LinkedIn) A recent decision from Pennsylvania calls into question the current statutory definition of hacking. The plaintiffs in this case are the former employers of...
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“Indisputable Destruction” Of Evidence Warrants Sanctions, But Not Adverse...
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued an interesting order earlier this month in a salacious employment law matter. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
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Requesting Party Has To Pay For Flash Drive Forensics In Illinois Case
Network Cargo Systems USA, Inc. v. Pappas is a short eDiscovery opinion from Illinois earlier this month. The opinion’s first paragraph lays out some factual background: Plaintiff… (“Network”), alleges...
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