Andy Serwin of Foley & Larner discusses two Seventh Circuit decisions on wiretapping and ECPA. Both cases were previously mentioned on this site in recent weeks: U.S. v. Szymuszkiewicz and McCann v. Iroquois Memorial Hospital. The former was discussed by Orin Kerr on The Volokh Conspiracy, while the latter was reported by Courthouse News. For…
Category: Workplace
Court Sends Hospital Wiretap Case to Trial
Joseph Celentino reports: A lawsuit accusing a hospital worker of secretly recording a conversation in which her co-workers criticized hospital administration is headed to trial. The 7th Circuit said the claims “boil down to a swearing contest and should not have been resolved on summary judgment.” The federal appeals panel in Chicago overturned a federal…
EFF Says Violating Company Policies Is Not a Computer Crime
Marcia Hofmann of EFF writes: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to dismiss charges that would turn any employee use of company computers in violation of corporate policy into a federal crime. In U.S. v. Nosal, an ex-employee is being prosecuted on the claim that he induced current company employees…
Company Not Responsible for Harassive Comments by Coworker on Personal Facebook Page
Eric Goldman blogs about Amira Jabbar v. Travel Services: Plaintiff brought a hostile work environment claim against her employer. Plaintiff alleged, among other things, that the employer failed to properly investigate derogatory comments made on Facebook. […] The court rejects plaintiff’s claims on summary judgment. With respect to the Facebook comment, the court finds that…