More states pass laws limiting access by employers to the social media accounts of applicants and employees
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Plaintiff in Privacy Suit over LinkedIn Account Gets Zero Damages
Our colleague John A. Snyder writes on our non-compete blog about the case of Eagle v. Morgan, No. 11-403 (E. D. Pa. March 12, 2013) in which the plaintiff sued her former employer for misappropriating her LinkedIn account and was awarded zero damages.
Deletion of Facebook Page = Spoliation
A New Jersey District Court has sanctioned a personal injury plaintiff for spoliation following the plaintiff’s deletion of his Facebook account which defendants were trying to access.
The defendant’s discovery requests asked for documents or records of “wall posts, comments, status updates or personal information posted or made by plaintiff on Facebook and/or any social
Top 13 for 2013 – Happy Privacy Day
Top 13 data privacy and security issues for 2013
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Bans on Employers Requesting Social Media Passwords Continue as New Year Approaches
Michigan becomes fourth state to enact law banning employers from requiring access to employees’/applicants’ social media accounts
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LinkedIn Account at Center of Lawsuit
Here is a link to a post on our sister blog Non-Compete and Trade Secrets Report entitled LinkedIn Account at Center of Lawsuit. The case involves a dispute over control of a LinkedIn account between a company and its former President. The litigation may portend more disputes between employers and employees over social media
California Becomes Third State to Limit Access to Employees and Students’ Social Media Accounts
And then there were three… Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown made his state the third in the union, following Maryland and Illinois, to limit access to employees and students’ social media accounts
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“Friend” Request Lands Attorneys In Hot Water
Two New Jersey defense lawyers face attorney ethics charges in connection with the way they allegedly accessed Facebook. Regardless of how these charges are resolved, the facts in the case should serve as a reminder to attorneys to become more familiar with social media, and perhaps be more specific in the direction they give to
California Bill to Prohibit Employers from Requiring Social Media Passwords (AB 1844) Heads to Governor Brown
California moves one step closer to becoming third state to significantly limit when employers could ask employees and job applicants for social media passwords and account information
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Monitoring and Accessing Social Networking Content–New Jersey District Court Weighs In Again
The District Court of New Jersey recently denied an employer’s motion to dismiss a former employee’s causes of action for invasion of privacy following a supervisor’s alleged unauthorized access to the employee’s Facebook account. 
In Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp., the plaintiff, a registered nurse and paramedic, alleged that the defendants engaged in a