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Electronic Communications
149 published works
Inside Government Contracts
D.C. Circuit Upholds Employment Regulations
Over the past year, we have been tracking the uptick in executive and regulatory actions affecting the labor and employment practices of government contractors. Last Friday, the D.C. Circuit upheld…
Labor Law Prof Blog
The NLRB Ducks Electronic Communications Issue–For Now
The NLRB recently issued its decision in Purple Communications. This was the case that the Board had indicated it was using to reexamine its Register-Guard precedent that gave employers virtually unfettered ability…
Inside Privacy
The FTC’s Agenda to Tackle Big Data and Discrimination
Last Friday, the FTC announced an agenda for its upcoming workshop, “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?” which will take place on Monday, Sept. 15, starting at 8:00…
Media Law Prof Blog
A Response To Orin Kerr’s “The Next Generation Communications Privacy Act”
Ryan Calo, University of Washington School of Law; Stanford University Law School, has published Communications Privacy for and by Whom? at 162 University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online 231 (2014). Here…
Inside Global Tech
ECJ Confirms Application of Consumer Protection Measure to Cross-Border Services
In its UPC judgment this week the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has clarified the application of consumer protection laws to, and the jurisdiction of national regulatory authorities over, providers…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
City Officials Dodge Disclosure of Private Emails and Texts Under Public Records Act
In a case that seems sure to jump-start legislative activity in Sacramento and throughout the state, the court in City of San Jose v. Superior Court (6th App. Dist., Mar.…
La Revue
QPC : Communication syndicale par voie électronique dans l’entreprise
Le Conseil constitutionnel a jugé conforme à la constitution l’article L.2142-6 du code du travail [1] qui a notamment pour effet de soumette « à l'accord de l'employeur le droit…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
California Governor Vetoes Electronic Communications Privacy Bill
Following recent approvals of two new online privacy laws in California, on October 12, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed an electronic communications privacy bill that would have compelled law…
Inside Privacy
CA Passes Legislation Requiring Search Warrant For Disclosure of Stored Content
Continuing a flurry of recent legislative activity (see posts here and here), the California legislature on Tuesday passed a bill requiring that California law enforcement agencies obtain a search warrant…
Media Law Prof Blog
Communications Privacy 2.0
Orin S. Kerr, George Washington University Law School, is publishing The Next Generation Communications Privacy Actin the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Here is the abstract. In 1986, Congress enacted the…