The Law Offices of David G. Concannon, LLC

On June 19, 2008, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that text messaging falls under the protection of the Stored Communications Act.  This case, Quon v. Arch Wireless Operating Co., Inc., will force employers to reexamine their monitoring policies with regard to employees’ privacy rights.  Clear, concise, and consistent monitoring will be critical to maintain compliance with privacy laws. 

The Quon case highlights an emerging area of the law known as Corporate Security and Information Management.  Few law firms are equipped to examine the details of the Quon case and advise clients on its impact on employers.  However, the Law Offices of David G. Concannon, LLC has been ahead of this curve for more than two years.  The firm has extensive experience litigating and advising our business clients on issues such as:

• Workplace privacy in the digital age.
• Who owns data stored on company computers?
• Are companies responsible for what their employees post on the Internet?
• What constitutes misappropriation of trade secrets?
• Theft of company property stored in digital form.

As part of the firm’s effort to assist existing and prospective clients in handling these issues, David Concannon and Andy Calvelli developed and teach a seminar entitled "Workplace Privacy in the Digital Age: A Primer for Employers, Employees and Litigators."  This course provides a roadmap to workplace issues in the digital age, including ownership of information, workplace privacy, employer’s right to know, intellectual property and technology rights, methods to protect trade secrets, and computer forensic investigations.  In addition, David Concannon teaches an ongoing continuing legal education course on computer forensic investigations, uncovering electronically stored information and the use of digital information in the courtroom.

For a summary of some of the firm's recent cases regarding corporate security and information management, please click here.

Please contact us if we can help your business navigate through this developing area of the law.