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Maybe it starts with “Did you hear …” whispers in the breakroom. Or perhaps it escalates as employees huddle over their smartphones, eager to check if the rumors are true — that one of their co-workers has a page on an online adult entertainment platform like OnlyFans. Regardless of how it starts, situations involving an employee’s voluntary online exposure rarely end well and can bring legal exposure for the employer. Besides dealing with the disruptive effect in the workplace, employers and HR professionals risk damage to a company’s reputation and being caught between a rock and a hard place: if you discipline the female employee with the OnlyFans side gig but not the male co-workers who discovered and shared it, you may be accused of engaging in disparate treatment, retaliation, or even of condoning sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. As sites like OnlyFans have exploded in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, one side effect has been the creation of a minefield for employers, HR professionals, and lawyers to navigate.
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Typically Uncommon: Defending Class Action Certification in Data Breach Litigation
By Brian E. Middlebrook, Tyrik Jiang, John T. Mills and Joseph Salvo
The most common questions and key elements of a negligence claim are whether the defendant breached a duty of care, whether there is any injury as a result of the defendant’s breach of any purported duty of care, and whether the defendant’s alleged breach caused the plaintiff any damages. While these essential questions and elements apply with equal force in data breach litigation, the difficult question to answer in these cases is “what is the value, if any, of your injury or damages?”
A Legal CIO’s Guide to Technology Procurement In 2023
By Ted Theodoropoulos
For a legal CIO, one of the key responsibilities is to establish that the organization has the right technology in place to support its operations and achieve its business goals. This can be challenging, as there are many factors to consider when choosing new technology for your organization. One bad decision can have a material impact on not only the bottom line, but on the ability of your firm to compete in an ever-changing legal market.
Best Practices In Second Request Document Review: Eliminating the Fear Factor
By Jessica Robinson and Amit Dungarani
Part One of a Two-Part Article: Challenges and solutions in document review
HSR second requests have become increasingly common in mergers or acquisitions that meet the premerger reporting threshold, which in 2022 was a transaction value of more than $101 million. The burdens of complying with second requests are onerous. The mere thought of undergoing such an exercise tends to strike fear in the heart of the legal department. In this article series, we’ll outline the major challenges of second requests, suggest strategies to overcome them, and discuss how to face a second request with equanimity and confidence.
Innovating Hybrid: Empathy and Iteration
By Alaa Pasha
Recognizing that this is a time of innovation, one way law firms can ‘prepare for a future we can’t yet see’ is through leveraging two key levers: the need for empathy and iteration.
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