Laura Glendinning reports: San Jose knows the way. . . to get it all on camera. 18 helmet cameras are being put into use in San Jose in a test program aimed at reducing escalating violence in arrests and general public interactions. The department has been under fire for a number of alleged abuses of…
Category: Workplace
For my reading list…
Every so often, I try to spend a bit of time on SSRN to see what new articles are available that might be of interest. Here are seven recently posted abstracts, below. For most of them, the full-text version is also available as a free download: Finkin, Matthew W., On Restating the Common Law of…
SCOTUS will hear appeal on privacy of text messages sent on employer-owned devices
Reporter David Savage updates us all on an important case that the U.S. Supreme Court has now agreed to hear: The Supreme Court said today it would rule for the first time on whether employees have a right to privacy when they send text messages on electronic devices supplied by their employers. The justices agreed…
Protect worker privacy: Reading e-mail to lawyer in N.J. case went too far
This editorial appears in today’s Star-Ledger: The state Supreme Court has an opportunity to give a New Jersey employer a virtual smackdown and protect workers’ privacy. The court will decide whether an employee who corresponded with her lawyer through a personal e-mail account on a company-owned laptop was protected by attorney-client privilege. Loving Care Agency…