Employer Liability Issues, Employees, Mobile Devices

Can Employees Refuse to Use Personal Smartphones for Work Tasks?

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/8/2025

Recently, we had interesting questions from a client that was implementing two-factor authentication for employees to access the company’s information systems. The process requires employees to install the authentication app...more

Are Privacy Policies Alone Enough to Protect Employee Privacy? Ask Tesla

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 9/5/2023

From application to termination, employee privacy considerations live throughout all stages of the employment lifecycle. Thus, employers should take heed of best practices and mechanisms when handling employee personal...more

TikTok Ban on Contractor Devices

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 7/12/2023

The Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and NASA have issued a new interim rule, FAR 52.204–27, implementing Section 102 of Division R of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117–328), the...more

Off-Channel Communications: How Financial Services Organizations Can Address Regulators’ Latest Target

J.S. Held on 3/13/2023

As a number of recent headlines demonstrate, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulators have fined and penalized employers and employees in the financial services industry for non-compliance with...more

Warning: No Fishing Allowed! – Pt. 2: No, They Can’t Catch Cell Phones Either

Butler Snow LLP on 1/4/2023

Previously, we analyzed the proper scope for discovery requests that asked for employee drug and alcohol test results. In this article, we analyze a far more potent discovery substance—cell phone data....more

Has Your Company's BYOD Policy Withstood to the Test of Time?

Butler Snow LLP on 2/11/2021

Many companies have implemented Bring Your Own Device (“BYOD”) policies. For some, it has been years since they were put in place. Has your policy withstood the test of time? Employees are using their devices differently than...more