Media & Entertainment Law

Maryland Law 1st in US to Protect Social Media Passwords
Employers who ask for an employee's social media passwords in Maryland may soon be banned from doing so under a proposed law. The Maryland General Assembly has passed a bill that would prohibit employers from requesting access to employees' social...

Maryland Bans Employers From Asking For Social Media Passwords
The Baltimore Sun reported last week that Maryland has become the first state in the nation to pass legislation prohibiting employers in the state from asking current and prospective employees for their user names and passwords to social media websites...

Maryland Legislation Would Bar Employers from Requesting Employees or Applicants Social Media Account Passwords
This posting was written by Thomas A. Long, Editor of CCH Privacy Law in Marketing.Maryland employers would be prohibited from asking employees or applicants to hand over the passwords for their Facebook accounts or other personal social media accounts, if a bill that has passed both houses of the Maryland legislature (Senate Bill 433 and House Bill 964) is signed by the governor...

Demanding Social Media Passwords From Job Seekers Is Wrong
Today’s Slaw post: The issue of corporate or government employers asking for social media login ID’s and passwords for job seekers has reared its head again. See this CBC article entitled U...

Employers Using Social Networking Sites to Screen Applicants
We are very much in favor of social networking sites and social media. However, we try to keep students and alums informed of how these tools are being used by others.The following is part of a description of a seminar geared to employers concerning the use of social networking sites to screen applicants:Job applicants have long used the internet to research employers...

State of Maryland bill prohibiting employers from requiring job applicants to reveal Internet passwords pending approval by the Governor
State of Maryland bill prohibiting employers from requiring job applicants to reveal Internet passwords pending approval by the Governor The Maryland legislature's has passed a bill [Senate 433; House 964] prohibiting, among other things, employers from 1) requesting or requiring a job applicant to disclose user names or passwords for a personal electronic service; 2) refusing to hire an applicant for not providing access to such information; and 3) terminating or disciplining an employee for refusing to provide this information...

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

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

Dumb California Laws
Stupid Laws in the Sunshine State

Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Google Inc.
alleging deceptive charges for ads displayed on third party web sites.

Online Medication Sites
Prescription Drugs Sold Without Prescriptions

Engle Homes
accused of deceiving homebuilders regarding unexploded bombs in building sites.