Not-So-Casual Encounters: Employee Cyber Conduct, Morrison & Lost Confidence

Presentation by Namita S. Brown on June 6, 2011

The California Court of Appeal recently upheld a school district's dismissal of a teacher on the grounds of evident unfitness for service and immoral conduct based on his posting of a sexually explicit advertisement on Craigslist. Citing the Morrison factors, a seven-part test developed by the California Supreme Court to determine whether a teacher is fit to teach, the Court ruled that the dismissal was warranted, as the actions resulted in compromised district confidence. In this webinar, Namita S. Brown, Partner at Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost and co-chair of the eMatters practice group, discusses the legal precedents set in this case, as well as the implications for district employees throughout the state.