If the Employer Is Watching, Is the Privilege Gone- November 26, 2007 Does the medium of an employer-provided network which is, or can be, monitored by the employer strip the cloak of privilege from an employee's communication with his attorney Yes, according to a New York court in Scott v. Beth Israel Med. Ctr., Inc.. 2007 NY Slip Op 27429 (decided October 17, 2007). The court ruled that the employee in this case did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy while sending e-mails to his attorney, in that the employer's policy said so in explicit terms, and...http://www.ediscoverycounsel.com/2007/11/if-employer-is-watching-is-privilege.html |