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Labor/Employment,
Constitutional Law

Jun. 30, 2021

Employment law and freedom of speech

Employee political speech has become one of the hottest topics for California employers. This has been driven by the ubiquity of social media coupled with high-profile movements and events -- such as Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, anti-vaxxers, #MeToo, and the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol at the end of the Trump presidency.

Arlene Yang

Principal
Meyers Nave

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David Mehretu

Of Counsel
Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson

Email: mehretu@nyu.edu

New York Univ SOL

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Employee political speech has become one of the hottest topics for California employers. This has been driven by the ubiquity of social media coupled with high-profile movements and events -- such as Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, anti-vaxxers, #MeToo, and the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol at the end of the Trump presidency.

This swell in employee political speech has put California employers in a predicament. On the one ha...

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