Publications

On May 7, 2014, the OFCCP published Directive 2014-01, which establishes a five-year moratorium on its enforcement of obligations related to affirmative action programs and recordkeeping under Executive Order (E.O.) 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 503), and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of […]

As consumer transactions via mobile devices proliferate, two recent consent orders highlight the FTC’s heightened emphasis on security of information transmitted via mobile applications. The consent orders involved the popular movie-ticket application Fandango Movies and the Credit Karma Mobile application, which allows consumers to monitor and evaluate their credit history.  […]

On April 3, 2014, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad signed into law Senate File 2259, amending the state’s personal information security breach notification requirements. The revised Iowa Code Chapter 715C expands the definitions of key terms, including “breach of security” and “personal information,” and establishes an Attorney General notification requirement for […]

In what is viewed as a major change to the landscape of employee confidentiality agreements, the EEOC and the NLRB have recently targeted a variety of terms found in agreements with employees related to confidentiality of information. The most recent attack comes with the EEOC’s filing of a lawsuit against […]

Does a departing employee who logs on to his employer’s computer network and accesses information he intends to use for a competing venture violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? (18 U.S.C. § 1030, “CFAA”). An April 2014 federal district court answered in the affirmative, stoking the fire in a […]