Labor & Employment Law

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Right to Read Employees Messages
Yesterday the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of Ontario, CA, et al. v. Quon, Jeff, et al.. (No, not that Ontario; no, not that CA.) Quon is a police officer who sent hundreds of personal text messages to his girlfriend and others on a device provided by Quon’s employer, which had [...

Supreme Court Grants Cert in Quon Privacy Case
The Supreme Court has just granted cert. in Quon v. Arch Wireless the Ninth Circuit case in which the court held that employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the body of their text messages (see here and here...

Will the Supreme Court Rethink Public Employee Privacy Rights in Quon
The announcement of the cert grant in City of Ontario v. Quon means that the Supreme Court will revisit for the first time the splintered decision in O?Connor v. Ortega, 480 U.S. 709 (1987), that created the modern framework of public employee privacy rights...

Public procurement: Commission issues guidance on setting up Institutionalised Public-Private Partnerships
The European Commission has published guidance on the founding of Institutionalised Public-Private Partnerships (IPPP). IPPP are undertakings jointly held by public and private partners and are usually set up to provide services for the public, in particular at the local level...

9th Issues Major Decision Finding Privacy Right In Employee E-Mail
Stop Your Snooping! Court Limits Employers? Ability to Search Email is an important June 19, 2008 Wall Street Law Journal Blog story about Quon v. Arch Wireless, ___F.3d___(9th Cir...

Ninth Circuit Refuses To Hear Quon En Banc
The Ninth Circuit recently denied a motion to hear the Quon case en banc. In Quon, a panel held that employees may have a Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy in text messages and the content of emails...

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Private Investigators and Detectives
Services Provided by Private Investigators

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

US Government
alleging land surveyors should not be allowed on private property to build a US Mexican border wall.

Utilities Whistleblower
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities agrees to $485,000 fine for setting up a private bank account.

FDA Issues Update on Safety Review Orlistat
Orlistat FDA Issues Update on Safety Review

Microsoft Corp.
allegedly failed to provide adequate access and service to Xbox Live and its subscribers.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area
allegedly failed to provide adequate facilities for the disabled.

Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services
Aurora Loan Faces Class Action over Mortgage Review Services