Whether employees want phone and mobile access to email and the internet or employers want their employees to have access, smartphones seem to be the ‘must have’ business accessory these days. As with many technologies, the lawsuits come in quicker than companies can draft and enforce policies related to the technology. 
Lately we’ve been seeing a whole wave of Employment / Privacy Right Smartphone articles at the National Law Review.
For a General Overview of the Human Resource / Risk Management Issues Related to Smartphones:
You’ve Got Mail (and a Lawsuit): Mobile Communication Devices and the Wage and Hour Pitfalls they Present by Thomas S. Kleeh of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC.
Are You Calling, E-mailing or Texting Employees While They Drive? You May Want to Reconsider by David J. Carr of Ice Miller LLP
For Department of Transportation / State Law Guidelines Related to Texting While Driving or Distracted Driving:
Department of Transportation Prohibits Drivers of Commercial Vehicles From Texting While Driving by David L. Woodard and Louis B. Meyer III of Poyner Spruill LLP.
Distracted Driving Policies: Improve Safety and Limit Exposure by Anne B. Ellison of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
New Kentucky Law Bans Texting While Driving by Michael J. Henry of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
For Overtime Pay Issues and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) Issues Related to Smartphones:
Company-Issued Smartphones and the FLSA: Keeping Employees Connected May Have Its Price by James R. Carroll and Shawn M. Staples of Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein P.C
Curtailing the After-Hours Use of Blackberries by Non-Exempt Employees by Trent S. Dickey and David H. Ganz of Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Overtime Lawsuit for Use of PDA’s Hi-Lights Potential Liability for Off-Duty Electronic Communications by David J. Lampe of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
For the Use of Smartphones and Employer Liability Related to Eavesdropping:
Beware the Allure of Smartphone Technology: Recording Others without Consent May Get You in Serious Trouble by Anne E. Larson of Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein P.C
