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Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari on April 27, 2015 in Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, No. 13-1339, the Petitioner has weighed in...
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Effective as of October 15, 2015, employers in Maine will be restricted in their ability to access the personal social media accounts of...
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On August 7, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed a law to prohibit employers from interfering with the personal social media accounts of their...
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On July 7, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California preliminarily approved a $1.75 million class action settlement...
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The New York Supreme Court has issued an opinion finding that an insurer has a duty to defend and indemnify a national background screening...
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Is the government really telling employers that they are not allowed to disqualify an applicant because of past criminal activity? In a word, yes...
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United States Investigations Services, the security firm which vetted Edward Snowden, has agreed to a fine of about $30 million to settle U.S...
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Did you know that the EEOC requires employers to keep all personnel and employment records for at least one year? Just as importantly, to the...
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MoreImmigration Corner: Major E-Verify Changes Proposed
USCIS released the details of proposed major changes to the E-Verify program. The notice proposes several major changes to the E-Verify program...
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With state legislative sessions winding down, it’s been pretty quiet on the medical marijuana front, except for California, where both...
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