Steven Musil reports: The U.S. Justice Department has decided not to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appellate court ruling in a criminal case that found a decades-old anti-hacking law was being applied too broadly. The decision means the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ rejection of the case against David Nosal, who…
Category: Workplace
ACLU sues to stop online financial disclosure requirement for federal workers
Ann E. Marimow and Ed O’Keefe report: Thousands of high-level federal employees turned to the court system Thursday to try to block requirements that would for the first time publish their personal financial information online. The American Civil Liberties Union, in a lawsuit filed at the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, called the Internet disclosure provision an…
Jon Davler Inc. sued after employees allegedly ordered to undergo “vaginal inspections” to determine who had their period
A regular reader pointed me to a small item on Courthouse News yesterday that reported a potential class action lawsuit against Jon Davler Inc. and its officer, Christina Yang. I almost wish he hadn’t, because I obtained the complaint, and the allegations are … well… frankly, yucky to the nth degree. Roxanna G Sevilla is…
Welch cosponsors bill to protect employee privacy on social media sites
Rep. Peter Welch today cosponsored legislation to curb the growing practice of employers requiring prospective or current employees, as a condition of employment, to provide access to password-protected social media accounts like Facebook and Twitter. The Password Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 5684) would prohibit compelling or coercing employees to provide access to data stored…