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Recorded Webinar: The Anthem Data Breach: What Employers Need to Know

Photo of BakerHostetlerBy BakerHostetler on Posted in Events
Lawyers from BakerHostetler’s Privacy and Data Protection team, recognized as “Privacy Practice Group of the Year” for both 2014 and 2013 by Law360, hosted an informative webinar providing an in-depth discussion of the issues raised in our recent blog post on “FAQs by Employers Regarding the Anthem Data Breach,” included: Legal Obligations Under HIPAA The Duty to Notify … Continue Reading

Webinar — The Anthem Data Breach: What Employers Need to Know

Photo of BakerHostetlerBy BakerHostetler on Posted in Events
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 | 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST | Register Now >>  The recently disclosed Anthem data breach may affect as many as 80 million current and former members and has significant implications for employers. Depending on the nature of the contractual relationship with Anthem, employers may have legal obligations, particularly regarding … Continue Reading

Marital Communications are “Essential to the Preservation of Marriage” – Unless Made from a Workplace Computer

Photo of Gilbert S. KeteltasBy Gilbert S. Keteltas on Posted in Workplace Privacy
Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission to BakerHostetler’s Discovery Advocate blog. Communications between spouses are typically accorded a “marital communications privilege” because they are “regarded as so essential to the preservation of the marriage relationship as to outweigh the disadvantages to the administration of justice which the privilege entails.”  But marital communications to … Continue Reading

The NLRA and Employee Surveillance: Avoiding the Temptations and Pitfalls of Social Media

Photo of Craig A. HoffmanBy Craig A. Hoffman on Posted in Online Privacy, Social Media
Authorship Credit: Ellen J. Shadur The advent of social media and the prevalence of mobile communications devices challenge employers seeking to prevent unlawful conduct in the workplace.  Employees are no longer constrained by the need for physical proximity, or lack of access to a bulletin board, a telephone landline, or a fax machine.  Bullying and … Continue Reading

You Are What They Tweet: Why Clear Social Media Policies are Becoming More Critical to Employers in This Tech Age

Photo of Gerald J. FergusonBy Gerald J. Ferguson on Posted in Social Media
Authorship Credit: Tarsha Luke The recent termination of a top executive of a publicly traded company is another example of some of the perils of mixing personal and workplace social media. The chief financial officer for a women’s clothing retailer, Francesca’s Holdings, was dismissed for disseminating non-public corporate information to his Twitter followers. After a … Continue Reading

Article: “What Can Management Do to Protect the Organization from Inappropriate Use of Social Media?”

Photo of Craig A. HoffmanBy Craig A. Hoffman on Posted in Social Media
Baker Hostetler Partner Dan Guttman published “What Can Management Do to Protect the Organization from Inappropriate Use of Social Media?” in the winter 2012 issue of OHPELRA Update, the labor and employee relations trade publication covering all Ohio’s public employers. In the article, Mr. Guttman notes that although social media outlets, including Facebook and LinkedIn, provide … Continue Reading
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