On Saturday September 21, al-Shabaab, a Somali militant group affiliated with al-Qaeda, stormed and sieged the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. The Westgate Mall is an upscale shopping complex known to be patronized by tourists and expatriates.[i] In the attack, more than 60 individuals were killed and approximately 150 persons were injured.[ii] Many non-Kenyans are…
While the Rolodex may be a thing of the past, its functional successor lives on in social networking sites such as LinkedIn. It’s no surprise then that companies encourage their employees to create profiles, share content, and “connect” with current and potential customers. But what happens when an employee leaves the organization to hang up…
The tragic collapse on April 24, 2013 of the Rana Plaza garment-manufacturing facility in Bangladesh may contribute to significant developments in the realms of corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) and global labour relations. Since April 24, approximately 40 global fashion companies that work with suppliers in Bangladesh have signed on to the Accord on Fire and…
By: Kevin MacNeill and Christina Hall Just a few weeks ago, Islamic terrorists stormed a natural gas plant staffed by hundreds of Algerian workers and a number of foreign workers. The Algerian military intervened, bringing an end to the crisis, but in its aftermath workers from the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Romania and other…
A Pennsylvania court has ruled that an employer who hijacked an ex-employee’s LinkedIn account after terminating her violated multiple state laws in doing so. The plaintiff, Linda Eagle, was the co-founder and CEO of the defendant employer, EdComm, a banking education company. The plaintiff shared her LinkedIn credentials with her subordinates in order to help manage…