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Employers Beware: Employees’ Personal Social Media Can Lead to Employer Liability

By Rachel W. Adams and William D. Prince IV (Thompson McMullan, a Meritas member firm)

With the advent and proliferation of social media, employers and HR managers may need to reassess how they approach workplace harassment claims as a result of the virtual world in which today’s workforce operates.

This article discusses a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision (Okonowsky v. Merrick Garland) involving outside-of-work social media posts giving rise to a sexually hostile work environment claim.

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Mind the Gap – The New DOJ Whistleblower Program

By M. Kendall Day, F. Joseph Warin, Ben Schlichting (Gibson Dunn)

On August 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced its new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”).

This overview answers several of the most pressing questions involving the new Pilot Program’s scope and functionality, as well as offers strategies and considerations that corporations should contemplate when navigating this new regime.