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Managing the Remote Workforce: Privacy Concerns and Trade Secret Protection

Attorneys address remote work challenges including cybersecurity ethics, employee monitoring laws, privacy considerations, and trade secret protection strategies.

2025-01-15 14:00:00

Program Details

2025-01-15 14:00:00

Program Details

2025-01-15 14:00:00

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2025-01-15 14:00:00

Course Overview

Managing Remote Workforce Privacy and Security

2025-01-15 14:00:00

Participants will learn to navigate technology competence duties, employee monitoring laws, and trade secret protection strategies. These skills enable compliant and secure management of distributed legal and business workforces.

Format

CLE Credit

2h CLE Credits

Level

Intermediate

Length

2

Key topics that will be covered

01
Technology Competence
Forty states require attorneys to spot technology issues and protect client information appropriately.
02
Virtual Platforms
Select reputable document storage and video conferencing platforms with proper security certifications.
03
Employee Monitoring
The ECPA permits monitoring employee communications with legitimate business reasons and proper notice.
04
Personal Accounts
Employers cannot access personal email accounts left logged in on company devices.
05
Trade Secrets
Password protect documents, restrict access, and disable external drives to protect trade secrets.
06
Handbook Policies
Written policies with employee acknowledgments establish no reasonable expectation of workplace privacy.

Program schedule

clock 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm EST

Privacy Laws and Monitoring Policies for Remote Work

This session examines key federal and state privacy regulations affecting remote work environments, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and state-specific requirements in New York, California, Connecticut, and Delaware. Attendees will learn strategies for drafting effective monitoring policies and the critical importance of non-disclosure agreements in protecting third-party information.

Taylor E. WhiteTaylor E. White
Alanna M. MazaAlanna M. Maza
Elizabeth RogersElizabeth Rogers
clock 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm EST

Legal Boundaries in Employee Monitoring and Privacy Claims

Explore the legal distinctions between monitoring personal devices versus company devices, including expectations of privacy and notification requirements under the Stored Communications Act. Through landmark case studies like Stengart v. Loving Care Agency and Pure Power Boot Camp, attendees will learn mitigation strategies to avoid invasion of privacy claims.

Taylor E. WhiteTaylor E. White
Alanna M. MazaAlanna M. Maza
Elizabeth RogersElizabeth Rogers
clock 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm EST

Protecting Employee Privacy During Virtual Meetings

This session covers practical guidelines for documenting sensitive information and minimizing inadvertent disclosures during virtual meetings. Learn about technology solutions including secure platforms, virtual backgrounds, meeting passcodes, and proper recording consent procedures to enhance privacy protection.

Taylor E. WhiteTaylor E. White
Alanna M. MazaAlanna M. Maza
Elizabeth RogersElizabeth Rogers
clock 3:10 pm - 3:40 pm EST

Safeguarding Trade Secrets in Digital Work Environments

Discover what constitutes a trade secret in the digital age and why proactive protection measures are essential for remote workforces. This session addresses strategies for employee termination protocols, monitoring for data theft, restricting access permissions, and enforcement options including demand letters and injunctive relief.

Taylor E. WhiteTaylor E. White
Alanna M. MazaAlanna M. Maza
Elizabeth RogersElizabeth Rogers
clock 3:40 pm - 4:10 pm EST

Compliance Strategies and Lawyers' Technology Competence Duties

Learn key elements of comprehensive confidentiality and non-competition agreements, along with guidelines for cellphone and remote device usage policies. This session covers implementing effective training programs, risk management strategies for trade secret protection, and attorneys’ ethical duty of technology competence as outlined in ABA Formal Opinion 498.

Taylor E. WhiteTaylor E. White
Alanna M. MazaAlanna M. Maza
Elizabeth RogersElizabeth Rogers
Taylor E. White

Taylor E. White

Winstead PC

Alanna M. Maza

Alanna M. Maza

Winstead PC

Elizabeth Rogers

Elizabeth Rogers

Winstead PC

Taylor E. White

Taylor E. White

Winstead PC

Taylor White partners with senior business leaders, HR professionals, corporate counsel, and decision-makers on employment decisions and litigation. He is a devoted resource and advocate for employers and managers facing workplace issues in courts and conference rooms.

Professional Involvement

Contributing writer for Winstead's Employer Law Resource blog.

Experience

Taylor regularly advises employers on day-to-day issues including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under state and federal employment laws. As a litigator, he handles wage and hour violations, breaches of employment agreements, covenants not to compete, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breaches of fiduciary duty. He has represented clients across the full spectrum of litigation including dispute resolution, temporary restraining orders, discovery and dispositive motions, and trials and appeals. He assists employers navigating government audits and investigations before the EEOC, OSHA, and state-level counterparts. He also represents executives individually in negotiations for employment, separation agreements, severance, and retirement packages.
Alanna M. Maza

Alanna M. Maza

Winstead PC

Alanna Maza is a member of Winstead’s Business Litigation and Labor & Employment Practice Groups with experience assisting clients in employment litigation matters in both federal and state courts.

Experience

She regularly advises employers on requirements and best practices regarding discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under state and federal employment laws. Her diverse practice includes litigation experience in high-value personal injury, commercial disputes, creditor's rights, copyright disputes, wrongful death actions, and claims under the Texas DRAM Shop Act. Her employment experience includes employment-related torts, wage and hour violations and collective actions, trade secrets misappropriation, restrictive covenant breaches, and discrimination issues. She assists employers in navigating government audits and investigations including proceedings before the EEOC and OSHA.
Elizabeth Rogers

Elizabeth Rogers

Winstead PC

Elizabeth is a technology-focused business attorney concentrating on data privacy and cybersecurity, with a rich background encompassing regulatory compliance, cybersecurity risk management, and privacy law.

Experience

With past roles as both Chief Privacy Officer and General Counsel, she brings a unique blend of in-house insight and legal acumen to her practice. She guides clients through comprehensive privacy and cybersecurity compliance programs, technology-driven privacy and cyber risks, and offers pragmatic solutions aligned with business objectives. She has extensive experience assisting businesses in compliance with state consumer data privacy laws, including the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act.
Taylor E. White

Taylor E. White

Winstead PC

Taylor White partners with senior business leaders, HR professionals, corporate counsel, and decision-makers on employment decisions and litigation. He is a devoted resource and advocate for employers and managers facing workplace issues in courts and conference rooms.

Professional Involvement

Contributing writer for Winstead's Employer Law Resource blog.

Experience

Taylor regularly advises employers on day-to-day issues including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under state and federal employment laws. As a litigator, he handles wage and hour violations, breaches of employment agreements, covenants not to compete, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breaches of fiduciary duty. He has represented clients across the full spectrum of litigation including dispute resolution, temporary restraining orders, discovery and dispositive motions, and trials and appeals. He assists employers navigating government audits and investigations before the EEOC, OSHA, and state-level counterparts. He also represents executives individually in negotiations for employment, separation agreements, severance, and retirement packages.
Alanna M. Maza

Alanna M. Maza

Winstead PC

Alanna Maza is a member of Winstead’s Business Litigation and Labor & Employment Practice Groups with experience assisting clients in employment litigation matters in both federal and state courts.

Experience

She regularly advises employers on requirements and best practices regarding discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims under state and federal employment laws. Her diverse practice includes litigation experience in high-value personal injury, commercial disputes, creditor's rights, copyright disputes, wrongful death actions, and claims under the Texas DRAM Shop Act. Her employment experience includes employment-related torts, wage and hour violations and collective actions, trade secrets misappropriation, restrictive covenant breaches, and discrimination issues. She assists employers in navigating government audits and investigations including proceedings before the EEOC and OSHA.
Elizabeth Rogers

Elizabeth Rogers

Winstead PC

Elizabeth is a technology-focused business attorney concentrating on data privacy and cybersecurity, with a rich background encompassing regulatory compliance, cybersecurity risk management, and privacy law.

Experience

With past roles as both Chief Privacy Officer and General Counsel, she brings a unique blend of in-house insight and legal acumen to her practice. She guides clients through comprehensive privacy and cybersecurity compliance programs, technology-driven privacy and cyber risks, and offers pragmatic solutions aligned with business objectives. She has extensive experience assisting businesses in compliance with state consumer data privacy laws, including the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act.

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HI2.0
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ID2.0
IL2.0
IN2.0
KS2.0
KY2.0
LA2.0
MA2.0
MD2.0
ME2.0
MI2.0
MN2.0
MO2.4
MS2.0
MT2.0
NC2.0
ND2.0
NE2.0
NH120.0
NJ2.4
NM2.0
NV2.0
NY2.0
OH2.0
OK2.5
OR2.0
PA2.0
RI2.5
SC2.0
SD2.0
TN2.0
TX2.0
UT2.0
VA2.0
VT2.0
WA2.0
WI2.0
WV2.4
WY2.0

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