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The Freedom—and Limits—of Political Speech in the Workplace

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With the 2024 election quickly approaching, employers should expect an increase in political conversation and activity in the workplace. It is essential during political seasons for both employers and employees to understand...more

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Supreme Court’s Social Media Ruling Tilts Toward Free Speech

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The US Supreme Court this month declined to rule on whether Florida and Texas laws limiting social media platforms’ content moderation violates the First Amendment, sending the issue back to the lower courts. But in doing so,...more

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EntertainHR: Can Employers Do That? The Limits of Free Speech

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Public debate about the Israel-Hamas war demonstrates that Americans have strong, and often divergent, views on important social and political issues. Believing that their right to express those views is firmly grounded in...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 14th Annual Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition - May 3rd - 4th, Toronto, ON, Canada

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The Canadian Institute’s 14th Annual Law of Policing Conference, Eastern Edition, returns with curated programming that delves into the most critical challenges and controversial issues facing police services, police...more

Spirit Legal

Twitter suspension based on ‘Election integrity policy’ ruled unlawful by German court

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In a ruling on 7 June 2019 (ref. 11 O 3362/19), the Landgericht Nürnberg-Fürth decided that the social network Twitter is prohibited from temporarily suspending the account of a Twitter user on twitter.com due to the...more

Dechert LLP

Case law update – France / Second semester of 2019

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This newsletter summarises four significant judicial decisions over recent months.   1. The purpose of a probation period is for the employee’s skills to be assessed. Therefore an employee’s absence would extend the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.4.2019 | Top Story: Markets Watching US Jobs Report for Clues on More Fed Rate Action

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Jobs report Friday again. Here’s what to look for in the numbers [and let’s temper those expectations, okay?]...more

Hogan Lovells

Using artificial intelligence to fight hate speech

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Hogan Lovells partner Winston Maxwell spoke at the executive roundtable on artificial intelligence and online hate speech, organised on January 31, 2019 by CERRE, the Centre on Regulation in Europe....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Fair Use and Social Media Sites like BuzzFeed

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Fair use, an evolving doctrine and a very popular fallback for those on the Internet, has continued to be “the most troublesome in the whole law of copyright.” Its goal has been to promote freedom of expression in order to...more

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Tightening Internet Regulation in China

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The longstanding tension in China between expansion of service to the Internet and regulation of content on the Internet has entered a new phase. While the so-called Great Firewall remains in place to block unwanted overseas...more

Bennett Jones LLP

The Court Weighs In: Termination for Social Media Misconduct

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Over a decade had passed since Ellen Simonetti, dubbed the “Queen of the Sky” was fired by Delta Air Lines after her infamous “Diary of a Dysfunctional Flight Attendant” blog. Simonetti wasn’t fired simply for blogging about...more

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