New Jersey Fast Tracks Employer Social Media Bill
New Jersey is ready to have the harshest law aimed at preventing employers from delving into the social media postings of employees. In what is considered lightning speed for New Jersey legislative...
View ArticleFirst Amendment Does Not Save NJ Teacher from Firing Based on Postings
In a January 11, 2013 ruling, the New Jersey Appellate Division upheld the administrative dismissal of a first grade teacher. She had argued that the First Amendment precluded her firing — which was...
View ArticleSins of our Marketers: SMS, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and Strict...
In continuing a trend that took hold nearly four years ago in Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, Inc., 569 F. 3d 946 (9th Cir. 2009), a putative class action was filed on January 25, 2013 alleging...
View ArticleFinancial Correlation of Privacy Rights
As a firm focused on all evolving aspects of privacy law, InfoLawGroup is obviously often called upon to assist its clients with consumer privacy legal issues. This post takes a detour towards privacy...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Right to Know Law Put on Hold
As reported by the LA Times, “a powerful coalition of technology companies and business lobbies, the California Chamber of Commerce, insurers, bankers and cable television companies as well as direct...
View ArticlePrivacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will conduct a public hearing on...
Announced in a public notice published on August 28, 2013, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (“the Board”) will conduct a public hearing on July 9, 2013. According to this notice,...
View ArticleIs New Jersey Seeking to Become the New California When it comes to Privacy?
By way of a recent opinion of the New Jersey Supreme Court, New Jersey became the first state establishing a Constitutional right to cell-phone location information – thereby precluding law...
View ArticlePlaintiffs Bar Hit Hard by Recent CMIA Decision
Insurers providing privacy liability coverage were collectively breathing a sigh of relief last week given a decision from the California Court of Appeals. Interpreting the California Confidentiality...
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