Technology, Law, and the Workplace: Week in Review
Posted in Social Media & Technology
This week, the technology world was abuzz with the announcement (and, of course, pre-announcement rumors) of the iPad 2. Apples newest contribution to the tablet market promises to provide further steam to the mobile computing movement.
Fittingly, a number of blogs and articles this week discussed the impact of mobile computing devices on the workplace. Sexting, of course, remains a serious problem. In an amazing turnaround, many employers and even the U.S. Army are now encouraging employees to blog. One article even talks about online tools for women to report harassment they experience on business trips!
Finally, in a piece of news for those who share my fascination for The Next Big Thing, the Workplace Prof Blog announced this week the American Bar Associations National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law. The conference will be held at New York University School of Law from April 27 to 29, 2011, and includes a number of fascinating and forward-thinking panels. I will be speaking on a panel with the especially provocative title Electronic Invasion of the Workplace: the Good, the Bad and the Aural? I am honored and excited to be a part of this great conference, and will make sure to post the conference materials as soon as they are available.
Technology in the Workplace
- Charlie Sheen (Labor Related)
- Not Everyone Steals A Trade Secret for Money: Some Do It For Fun (Non-Compete and Trade Secrets)
- Personal Blogging at Work Increases Productivity (Forbes)
- Sexting and Other Bad Career Moves (BNET)
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Remains Viable Claim for Employers To Assert Against Employees Who Steal Company Data (Trading Secrets)
- Employer Liability for Accessing Employees E-Mails (Delaware Employment Law Blog)
- Keeping Women Safe Through Social Networking (NY Times)
- U.S. Army iPhone App Lets Soldiers Blog From Anywhere (Fast Company)
- Government Lawyer Blogging and Tweeting as a Private Citizen (Legal Ethics Blog via Workplace Prof Blog)
- Chalasani Revisited: Misappropriating Ex-Employee Permanently Enjoined (Trade Secret/Noncompete Blog)
- Your Resume, for All to See (NY Times)
- ABA National Symposium on Technology in Labor and Employment Law (Workplace Prof Blog)
- Another Day. Another Employee Fired Because of Facebook (Connecticut Employment Law Blog)
- Facebook posts cost firefighter his job (NECN)
- Md. Agency Reviews Policy on Facebook Prying (Delaware Employment Law Blog)
Technology and the Law More Generally
- FTC Asserts Authority to Enforce Against Senders of Unsolicited Text Messages (Privacy & Information Security Law Blog)
- No Common Law Duty to Safeguard Social Security Numbers (Information Intersection)
- Online Commenters Who Targeted CEO Must Be Identified, Judge Rules (ABA Journal)
- In Social Media Postings, a Trove for Investigators (NY Times)
- Defining Internet freedom: Ars interviews Senator Al Franken (Tech{dot}MN)
- Texas Bars Attorney from Using Workers Comp in his Blog (Courthouse News Service)
- Update, Update, Update Your Document Retention Policies! (Social Networking Law Blog)
- High School Student Challenges Suspension For Writing & Posting a Song on Facebook (Courthouse News Service)
- High court orders briefs in Facebook juror case (Sacramento Bee)
Technology News
- Meet Elfoid, the Smartphone Pocket Robot (Fast Company)
- Israel and Palestine Flip Mideast Protest Script, Govern via Facebook (Fast Company)
- PlugBot Attacks the Future of IT Security (Tech{dot}MN)
- Skype Opens a Conference Call Service (Bits)
- Lenovos Laptops Are First to Have Eye-Control Ability (Fast Company)
- Facebook Facelifts Its Privacy Policy (Gadgetwise)
- Apps to Explode to $38 Billion Market by 2015 (Fast Company)
- How Hackers Could Exploit Federal Government Shutdown (Fast Company)
- A Patrol for the Webs Playgrounds (NY Times)
- What Egypts revolution tells us about the nature of social media (SmartBlog on Social Media)
- Rise of Neurocinema: How Hollywood Studios Harness Your Brainwaves to Win Oscars (Fast Company)
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