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Curt VaroneAugust 2, 2016

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Another Firefighter Disciplined Over Anti BLM Posts

Another firefighter has been caught up in sharing anti-Black Lives Matters posts, this time a battalion chief in Omaha, Nebraska.…

Curt VaroneJuly 21, 2016

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Nashville District Chief is the Latest Cybercasualty

A Nashville district chief is under investigation over Facebook posts he made that the department leadership characterized as “racial, stereotypical,…

Curt VaroneJune 7, 2016

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RI Supreme Court Reverses Denial Of Disability Pension

The Rhode Island Supreme Court has reversed a decision by the City of Providence’s Retirement Board that denied a disability…

Curt VaroneSeptember 2, 2015

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Des Moines Fire Chief Under Attack

Chiefs under attack. Its an ongoing phenomenon in the fire service, usually rationalized by firefighters based upon on local specifics…

Curt VaroneJuly 22, 2015

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Dallas Firefighter is the Latest Facebook Cyber-Casualty

A Dallas firefighter is under investigation following complaints about a Facebook post he made last Sunday. According to news reports,…

Curt VaroneJuly 7, 2015

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Facebook Again – This Time It’s Cleveland

A Facebook post that prompted over 60,000 responses including comments from Hillary Clinton and other elected officials, prompted a post…

Curt VaroneJune 23, 2015

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Racist Post or Rush To Judgment, Political Correctness Edition

Earlier this week we covered the story of the Texas firefighter who reportedly posted a racist comment on the web…

Curt VaroneJune 21, 2015

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Texas Firefighter Terminated Over Racist Facebook Post

A volunteer firefighter in Texas who posted an offensive comment about the recent murder of nine African Americans in Charleston,…

Curt VaroneNovember 3, 2014

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Fire Law Headlines – Buffalo Hearing Loss Lawsuit, Florida Resignation, and Kentucky Facebook Post

Its been another of those busy days on the fire law news front. In Buffalo 193 firefighters filed 20 suits…

Curt VaroneJune 11, 2014

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Nova Scotia Social Media Defamation Suit Dismissed

A defamation suit filed by two former chiefs against two former firefighters for comments anonymously posted on-line has been dismissed.…

Curt VaroneApril 15, 2011

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Fire Service Court

Last month at FDIC, the Fire Service Court got togther to record a video session to discuss the hottest legal…

Curt VaroneFebruary 21, 2011

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Fire Service Court: Social Media Policy

Here is the latest Fire Service Court Radio broadcast addressing the impact of the recent NLRB case on social media…

Curt VaroneFebruary 9, 2011

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The NLRBs Non-Ruling in the Facebook AMR Case

The decision that labor lawyers, social media gurus, Constitutional scholars and fire lawyers have been patiently waiting for has finally…