First Thursday, October 2025

First Thursday, October 2025

From First Thursday by Richard Poulson, LRIS

October 2, 2025 · 1h 12m

About this episode

Rick and labor attorney Jessica Caggiano discuss the implications of protected speech for public employees in the context of social media.

Rick and labor attorney Jessica Caggiano discuss what is and what isn’t protected speech by a public employee and in the age of social media. How has social media impacted how courts determine what speech is disruptive to the workplace? Rick and Jessica cover bedrock Supreme Court decisions as well as recent court cases that […]

People in this episode

Host: Rick

Guest: Jessica Caggiano

Topics covered

  • protected speech
  • public employee
  • social media
  • court cases
  • workplace disruption

Keywords

  • protected speech
  • public employee
  • social media
  • court decisions
  • workplace disruption

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Organizations: Supreme Court

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