Technology, Law, and the Workplace: Week in Review

After a week out of the office, I am returning for duty at The Modern Workplace. And why not start the week off right with a Week in Review summary?

Given the material covered by this expanded summary, I won’t add my own spin on the news in the world of technology and labor and employment law. However, watch for an article later this week on hiring for technology jobs, one of the hot topics discussed below. This is an area where there seems to be a perfect storm of an expanding industry and increasing government interest.

Without further ado, your week in review!

Technology in the Workplace

• Silicon Valley Hiring Perks: Meals, iPads and a Cubicle for Spot (NY Times)
• Employer May Be Liable for Impersonating Employee on Facebook and Twitter (Privacy & Information Security Law Blog)
• Campbell Mithun ad agency turns to Twitter to find summer interns (MSP Business Journal, Fast Company, NY Times)
• Maryland’s Social Media User Name and Privacy Legislation (Shear on Social Media Law)
• Tweet a Little, Dance a Little, Tweet a Little, Dance a Little (Delaware Employment Law Blog)
• Police Departments Revise Their Social-Media Policies (Delaware Employment Law Blog)
• Goldman Sachs Code-Stealer Hit With Harsh Sentence (WSJ Law Blog)

Technology and the Law More Generally

• A Girl’s Nude Photo, and Altered Lives (NY Times)
• Wisconsin Professor’s E-Mails Are Target of G.O.P. Records Request (NY Times)
• Judge Rejects Google’s Deal to Digitize Books (NY Times, WSJ Law Blog)
• French Data Protection Authority Levies Record Fine Against Google (Privacy & Information Security Law Blog, NY Times)
• Teen Scores Legal First in ‘Sexting’ Privacy Case (Courthouse News)
• Court rules against woman accused of fraudulent misrepresentation fro creating fake internet boyfriend (Internet Cases)
• Netflix Sued for Allegedly Violating Movie Renters’ Privacy (Privacy & Information Security Law Blog)
• Yahoo not liable for blocking marketing emails (Internet Cases blog)
• "Friends" in High Places: Social Networks, Lawsuits and Friending Judges (E-Discovery Bytes)
• A New Internet Privacy Law? (NY Times Editorial)

Technology News

• Is It a New Tech Bubble? Let’s See if It Pops (DealBook)
• It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know (NY Times)
• Robo Cloud to Intercept Sun Over World Cup Qatar (Fast Company)
• Facebook Booting “20,000” Underage Users Per Day: Reaction to Growing Privacy Concerns? (Fast Company)
• Thinking Cap: “Mynd” Is the First Dry, iPhone-Compatible, Portable Brain Scanner (Fast Company)
• Open Networking Foundation Pursues New Standards (NY Times)
• China Tightens Censorship of Electronic Communications (NY Times)
• Tumblr Stumbles Through Security Issues (Fast Company)
• This is What An Exoskeletal Human Arm Looks Like (Fast Company)
• James Gleick’s History of Information (NY Times Sunday Book Review)
• Teaching to the Text Message (NY Times Op-Ed)
• Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You (NY Times)
• Telehealth Is Trending (Fast Company)