Marc C. Lombardi of Shipman & Goodman writes: As employers explore new ways to store and process biometric employee information, a new decision by the Illinois Supreme Court should cause them to exercise extreme caution when doing so. The case, Cothron v. White Castle, relates to a federal class action law suit raising issues under the…
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Amazon closes $3.9bn acquisition of primary healthcare provider One Medical
Sebastian Moss reports: Amazon has completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of 1Life Healthcare, which operates under the name One Medical out of more than 125 clinics in the US. The deal is the latest effort by Amazon to break into the healthcare sector, after buying online pharmacy startup PillPack for $753m, and this year launching…
Domestic violence hotline calls will soon be invisible on your family phone plan
Ashley Belanger reports: Today, the Federal Communications Commission proposed rules to implement the Safe Connections Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law last December. Advocates consider the law a landmark move to stop tech abuse. Under the law, mobile service providers are required to help survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence access resources and maintain critical…
Search of cell phone at school for explicit photos of 14-year-old reasonable under T.L.O.
FourthAmendment.com notes this decision out of the Eastern District Virginia: A 13-year-old male student was showing explicit pictures of a 14-year-old girl on his phone at school. The search of the phone by school officials was reasonable under T.L.O., and it led him to juvenile court. O.W. v. Sch. Bd. of the City of Va….