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CMS released a memorandum indicating that survey teams will begin reviewing nursing home policies and procedures regarding photographing residents in a manner that would demean or humiliate them.

Earlier this week, we described Texas's new youth privacy law, the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, and previewed that the Texas Attorney...

On May 23, 2016, plaintiffs and Illinois residents Jose Luis Martinez and Malcolm Neal filed a class action in California state court claiming that . . .

On March 23, 2015, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe approved a social media password privacy bill (H.B. 2081) that limits employers access to employees' and job applicants' personal social media accounts.

2021 was a challenging year in cybersecurity, and there's no reason to believe that this will end. As we approach 2022, all businesses large and small need to address some basic issues that...

In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Facebook and Twitter have made changes to their advertising policies.

The ECJ must now hear and rule on a significant data privacy complaint regarding the transfer of EU citizens' personal information to the US

In the latest HB Media Minute, Theresa Conduah, an Intellectual Property partner in Haynes Boone's Orange County office, discusses the complex state of the law governing influencer marketing of cannabis products.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced that it sent targeted examination letters asking broker-dealer members about their social media use.

Christin Choi’s article "5 Best Practices for Lawfully Monitoring Your Employees' Social Media Activities" was featured in Philadelphia Business Journal on October 27, 2014.

Tracy Moon's article "Avoid Legal Claims When Monitoring Employees With GPS Technologies" was featured onConstruction Executive September 9, 2014.

Governor Chris Christie has recently conditionally vetoed a social media privacy bill which had been passed by the New Jersey legislature, as previously mentioned.

The law also prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who exercise their rights under the law.

National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") Acting General Counsel Lafe E. Solomon recently issued a second report reviewing fourteen NLRB decisions involving employee use of social media and online communications.

In its first decision addressing the validity of an employer's social media policy, the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") recently invalidated Costco's handbook policy that prohibited employees from electronically posting messages that "damage the Company, defame any individual or damage any person's reputation."

It is now commonplace for employers to adopt social media policies pertaining to its employees.

In an unpublished ruling last month, Federal Judge Alison Nathan of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the request of counsel for a putative class of unpaid interns to use social media to target potential opt-in plaintiffs.