It’s Time for Employers to Update (or Adopt) Their Social Media Policies

Several years ago, I published an article in the Georgia Bar Journal regarding company blogging policies.  The article can be found here, at page 34:  http://gabar.org/public/pdf/GBJ/feb07.pdf When the article was published, the practice of blogging was still relatively new.  Businesses were still deciding whether to allow their employees to blog about company matters, and if […]

Exceeding Authorized Use of Company’s Computer Network May Violate Federal Law

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (based in California) recently issued an important ruling regarding the effects of an employee’s use of a company’s computer network beyond the scope authorized by the employer.  This ruling follows similar rulings that were issued by U.S. Courts of Appeals in 2010 here in the Eleventh […]

Key Changes to Georgia’s Law Governing Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements – Part Three

This is Part Three of an article discussing the recent changes to Georgia’s law governing restrictive covenants such as covenants not to compete, not to solicit customers, not to solicit personnel and not to disclose confidential information.  Part One discussed general changes applicable to each of these types of covenants.  After providing some additional general […]

Key Changes to Georgia’s Law Governing Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements – Part Two

This is Part Two of a three part article discussing the recent changes to Georgia’s law governing restrictive covenants such as covenants not to compete, not to solicit customers, not to solicit personnel and not to disclose confidential information.  Part One discussed general changes applicable to each of these types of covenants.  After providing some […]

Key Changes to Georgia’s Law Governing Restrictive Covenants in Employment Agreements – Part One

As has been explained in prior postings on this website, Georgia’s law governing restrictive covenants in employment agreements (covenants not to compete, not to solicit customers, not to use or disclose confidential information and not to solicit company personnel) has undergone major changes in the past several months. Georgia has gone from having the “rules” […]

Using Smart Phones in the Age of Electronic Discovery

In the days before the use of computers to store documents and the use of email to communicate became a way of life, conducting “discovery” – information gathering – during a lawsuit was fairly straightforward.  A written request would be made for documents fitting a certain description; and junior attorneys and paralegals would sit in […]