Heerea Rikhraj reports: Health tech company Verily is facing a lawsuit filed by former employee Ryan Sloan alleging that the company wrongly terminated him after he escalated complaints that the team engaged in practices that violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Sloan was employed as the chief commercial officer for Onduo —...

Landon Mion reports: A North Carolina city has approved a measure declaring itself a “Fourth Amendment Workplace” and boosting protections for illegal immigrant workers targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Durham City Council passed the resolution on Tuesday with a unanimous vote to shield city workers against raids and arrests carried out by federal...

Riley Brennan reports: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit clarified this week that an employee’s purported violations of workplace computer use policies cannot be criminalized under federal law as long as there is no evidence of hacking or violations of trade secrets. On Tuesday, the federal appellate court affirmed the U.S. District Court...

Christopher Brown reports: Nestlé USA Inc. has reached a deal to end a lawsuit alleging it required job applicants to provide information concerning their family medical histories in violation of the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act. The parties have come to terms but need more time to finalize the agreement, according to a docket entry made Monday...