by Josh Scharff | May 31, 2016 | Public Sector Employees, Social Media
Earlier this month, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper authorized Security Executive Agent Directive Five, which permits the federal government to consider information from social media sources in background checks for security clearances. This new policy...
by ADeleon | Jul 3, 2014 | Labor Law, Public Sector Employees, Supreme Court
In Harris v. Quinn, a small group of health care workers sued the governor of Illinois claiming that an agency fee arrangement violated their right to free speech and free association under the First and Fourteenth Amendment. The workers argued that as personal...
by Josh Scharff | Jun 30, 2014 | Labor Law, Public Sector Employees, Teachers' Unions
Teachers’ unions in California suffered a significant setback earlier this month when Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu ruled in Vergara v. California that certain statutory job protections for teachers were unconstitutional. Although the final...
by Josh Scharff | Sep 19, 2013 | Employment Law, Free Speech, Public Sector Employees, Social Media
Bland v. Roberts Reverses District Court’s Take on the Facebook “Like” Button. The Fourth Circuit ruled yesterday that a public employee’s decision to “like” a candidate’s Facebook page amounted to free speech that is protected under the First...
