LITIGATION
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This is consistent with the Supreme Court’s decision in Garcetti v. Ceballos
(2006) that ofcial communications made by public employees are not pro-
tected by the First Amendment and that public employers may discipline
employees if ofcial communications are deemed improper.
INVASION OF PRIVACY TORTS
Common law (tort law) invasion of privacy appears not to apply well on
the Internet, based on established law and practice, according to Harvard’s
Karl Belgum’s comparison of three conicting views of Internet privacy,
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and Robert Sprague, writing in the Hofstra Labor and Employment Law
Journal.
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Four commonly recognized types of invasion of privacy are
misappropriation of the name or likeness for another’s com ...