Dave Collins of Associated Press reports: When police in southern Louisiana were investigating the deaths of eight women in 2009, the sophistication of the crimes set off rumors that the serial killer was a police officer — speculation that became so pervasive that officials ordered DNA testing of law enforcement personnel to rule it out….
Category: Workplace
No claim to privacy if you’re using your personal computer on company time to solicit business for a competitor
Evan Brown summarizes a workplace privacy case where the courts really aligned with the employer: A Georgia court held that an employee using a personal laptop to conduct business for a competitor did not have an invasion of privacy claim when his employer busted him at work using the laptop to send email. Plaintiff-employee worked…
CT: Was The Derby Middle School Search Legal?
Eugene Driscoll reports: Law and labor experts said Derby Middle School principal’s Sally Bonina’s search of an employee’s computer bag was legal — but warned the criminal case against a middle school dean isn’t necessarily open and shut. “There are issues that can be brought up on both sides as to the admissibility of the…
Ca: Secret school camera angers staff
Dave Battagello reports: The public school board admitted Tuesday it secretly installed surveillance equipment in a teachers’ staff room at Queen Elizabeth public school in Leamington as part of a “personnel” investigation. Teachers and union leaders, who learned of the surveillance activity last week, called it a disturbing breach of privacy and a violation of…