Technology in the Practice and Workplace

2010 Midyear Meeting

Dear Colleague:

The 2010 Technology in the Practice & Workplace Committee Midyear Meeting will be held April 28-30 at New York University School of Law in New York, New York. The meeting will begin on Wednesday, April 28 with an E-Discovery Workshop in the afternoon followed by a Welcome Reception from 6:30 -8:00 p.m. General sessions will be on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. A reception and dinner party is scheduled for Thursday, April 29. We are pleased to present the full Program Agenda, which includes the following topics:

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Is it a violation of an employee’s privacy to read her e-mail? Can a union use the employer’s e-mail system for solicitation, distribution, and/or organization? Can you legally track an employee’s whereabouts with the use of GPS technology? Can an employer be held responsible for the safety of an employee who telecommutes from home? Can an attorney secretly tape conversations with opposing counsel or advise his client to tape meetings with his supervisor? What are an attorney’s obligations with respect to preservation and production of electronic discovery? As these questions illustrate, technology has infiltrated almost every aspect of labor and employment law, both substantively and in its practice.

Because of the tremendous influence of technology in the workplace, the Section created the Technology Committee in May 2000. The Committee focuses on three areas: (1) examining the impact of technology on substantive labor and employment issues; (2) exploring the impact and use of technology on the practice of law; and, (3) serving as a resource to Section members.

If you are interested in learning more about the Technology Committee or getting involved, please contact one of the Committee's Co-Chairs. If you would like to contribute to the Committee's newsletter, please send articles, news, and ideas for future issues to one of the Co-Chairs or to the newsletter's editor, Gary Glaser at gglaser@seyfarth.com.

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