Arthur Beesley reports: Independent News & Media [INM] has signalled its interest in exploratory talks over legal claims lodged following the data breach scandal that rocked the group when businessman Denis O’Brien was its main shareholder. The claims centre on the searching of emails in 2014 that belonged to lawyers, senior journalists, former INM executives…
Category: Workplace
Health Advocate or Big Brother? Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines.
Gillian Friedman and Lauren Hirsch report: As American companies prepare to bring large numbers of workers back to the office in the coming months, executives are facing one of their most delicate pandemic-related decisions: Should they require employees to be vaccinated? Take the case of United Airlines. In January, the chief executive, Scott Kirby, indicated at a…
Court Refuses to Seal Case That Plaintiff Wanted to Hide from Potential Employers
Eugene Volokh notes another case where public right to know trumps an individual’s request to seal records. Delplanche v. Window Products, Inc., was decided Thursday by Judge Ann Aiken (D. Or.). The plaintiff had asked a court to seal an entire case that had previously been dismissed with prejudice, seal all the electronic records associated…
Ikea goes on trial in France accused of spying on staff
Agence France-Press reports: Ikea’s French subsidiary has gone on trial accused of running an elaborate system to spy on staff and job applicants using private detectives and police officers. Ikea France, as a corporate entity, is being prosecuted in a court in Versailles, as well as several of its former executives who could face prison terms….