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DC Court Upholds Attorney-Client Privilege Of Emails Sent From Work

Law.com reports here on a case out of Washington, D.C., that upheld the privileged nature of attorney-client communications sent from an email account at work.  We previously posted on this issue here.  More after the break.

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Employees Fired For MySpace Comments Win Verdict

On June 16, 2009, a New Jersey federal court jury found in favor of two former restaurant employees who sued their employer when they were fired for posting comments about the restaurant and its managers on a MySpace account.  The … Continue reading

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New Jersey Court Orders Return Of Emails Found On Employee Computer

 A New Jersey appellate court has ordered the return of emails between a former employee/plaintiff and her attorney that had been discovered on her workplace computer by a forensic investigator working for the employer’s attorney.  Ride the Lightning blog has … Continue reading

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Interesting Article On Implications Of Monitoring Electronic Communications

For those interested in this topic, the VBA News Journal has a very interesting and informative article this month about electronic evidence.  The article is entitled “The Electronic Peephole:  E-Evidence in Family Law Cases.”  It can be found at page … Continue reading

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Maryland Personal Information Protection Act

Beginning on January 1, 2008, Maryland businesses will have new obligations with respect to how they use and maintain personal information about individuals residing in the State.  The Maryland Personal Information Protection Act is a comprehensive data security law that … Continue reading

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Checking Out Job Applicants On The Internet

Thanksgiving dinner brought out a number of interesting anecdotes about the practice by employers of screening job applicants based on their Facebook or MySpace pages.  Apparently it is now common for hiring managers to review social networking sites of applicants … Continue reading

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