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…
Category: Workplace
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…
Pittsburgh settles lawsuit over exposing confidential medical info
Joe Smydo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that one of two federal lawsuits recently settled by the Pittsburgh City Council involved a breach of confidential medical information both in a public meeting and online. Although this is a settlement and not a court or jury decision, what’s interesting is that the basis for claim was violation…