The Modern Workplace

As with so many work matters, a thoughtful, common-sense, middle ground approach may be the best policy.


Technology in the Workplace

• Should your Social Media or Business Sytems Policy Limit or Prohibit Fantasy Football (Employment Matters Blog)
• IRS Provides Updated Guidance on the Use of Employer Provided Cell Phones (Employment Law Update)
• Distracted Company Drivers (Using Cell Phones) are Costly to Employers (Employment Law Bits)
• Blocking Social Media Sites Won't Stop Time Thieves (The Globe and Mail)
• An Employer's Response to a Social Media Nightmare: Thoughts (Employer Handbook)

Technology and the Law More Generally

• Net Neutrality Rules Approved by OMB: Stage Set for Litigation and Legislative Challenges (TMT Law Watch)
• The Data Breach you may not have heard about, but should definitely care about (Massachusetts Privacy Law Blog)
• Google Buys a Thousand IBM Patents (Engadget)
• Author's Guild Sues Universities Over Book Digitization Project (Arts Technica)
• Update Urged on Children's Online Privacy (NY Times)

Technology this Week

• Google Flight Search vs. Kayak (NY Times)
• Is AOL About to Announce its Own Social Network (ReadWriteWeb)
• Boston Globe Redesigns Site, Erects Paywall (Boston Globe)
• Metro (Windows 8) Introduced (Daring Fireball)
• Facebook Becomes More Twitter-like with Subscriptions (Facebook)
• RIM Suffers as Profit Falls 58.7% (NY Times)

Contributed and compiled by Scott Raver