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Facebook Firing Ends in Settlement with NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that it had reached a settlement in a case involving an employee’s discharge for posting negative comments about a supervisor on the employee’s Facebook page. Click here for the NLRB’s press release.
In sum, however, the NLRB had issued a complaint against American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc.,…
Revisions to FTC’s Red Flags Rule Exempts Lawyers, Doctors, and Accountants
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Red Flag Rules have been revised to exclude certain professionals prior to the latest enforcement deadline of December 31, 2010. Specifically, President Obama signed into law on December 18, 2010, the Red Flag Program Clarification Act of 2010 (Clarification Act), which clarifies the scope of the FTC’s Red Flags Rule.…
E-Discovery and Zombie-Lawyers
In the recent genre of zombie horror movies, the living are infected with a viral agent that transforms them into automations that terrorize and wreak havoc on the living. Ultimately society faces an apocalyptic battle against mobs of lumbering, mindless, flesh-eating, creatures.
It is not uncommon for e-discovery to act as the catalyst for transforming…
Fired Employee Makes Unauthorized Changes to Company Website and How to Prevent this From Happening to Your Company
A former employee vandalized the website of his former employer according to a report of the West Bloomfield Beacon. The police were told that the ex-employee was fired July 6 and he allegedly made unauthorized changes to prices and instructor names on the company website. The business owner believes the ex-employee of using old…