Catherine Candisky updates us all on a case that pits a teachers’ union against the state’s Republican Party. The head of Ohio’s largest teachers union told a judge yesterday that releasing the names, addresses and other personal information of licensed teachers, administrators and school staff puts their safety and privacy at risk. “Acts of violence,…
Category: Workplace
San Jose Cops Will Wear Body Cameras
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…
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…