Yvonne Arvanitis Fossati

Firm/Organization: Jackson Lewis P.C., Norton Rose Fulbright
Blogs: Employment Trial Report, Global Workplace Insider, Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report

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Affirming that breastfeeding is a medical condition related to pregnancy and that the police department’s conduct violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), a federal appeals court in Atlanta has upheld the jury’s verdict for a former Tuscaloosa, Alabama police officer. Hicks v. City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, No. 16-13003 (11th Cir. Sept. 7, 2017).  Stephanie Hicks was awarded $374,000 in damages against the police department for pregnancy discrimination due to breastfeeding. Trouble started for Hicks immediately after she…
Co-author: Devin Rauchwerger  A former Lyft driver filed a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of California against Uber, alleging Uber violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”), and other common law invasions of privacy and unfair competition.  The plaintiff seeks to represent two classes: 1) all individuals in the U.S. who worked as Lyft drivers while not working for Uber whose private information and whereabouts was…
Co-author: Devin Rauchwerger  The Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act is a new bill that is gaining positive bipartisan support and significant interest from business communities, lawmakers and academics. The proposed bill amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act which does not provide adequate deterrence for criminal hacking. The new bill is aimed at helping businesses that are falling prey to cyber criminals defend themselves online by giving victims of computer intrusions unprecedented rights. Previously, under…