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New Ways of Working Raise New Legal Issues Most legal concepts and rules were developed long before the internet changed the ways in which we work, play, shop, pay bills and do other things. The availability of real-time online communication has resulted in an explosion of telecommuting employees, whether part-time, fulltime or split-time. Many employees […]

SOCIAL MEDIA, DEFAMATION AND THE NEW JERSEY REPORTERS’ SHIELD LAW – PART II PRIVILEGES OF CONFIDENTIALITY HAVE LONG BEEN A PART OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM.  Under the right conditions, specially-designated individuals are allowed to keep confidential certain kinds of communications made to them, and to refuse to disclose them to a court, government agency or […]

SOCIAL MEDIA, DEFAMATION AND THE NEW JERSEY REPORTERS’ SHIELD LAW – PART ONE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THE UBIQUITOUS NATURE OF INTERNET COMMUNICATION, whether via email, social media such as Facebook, or blogs.  As is the case with so many aspects of modern life, the legal system is faced with the task of applying time-tested […]