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Associate Evan Gibbs’ biweekly byline in Above the Law examines a recent news story about employees from well-known tech companies allegedly using their company-issued email accounts to buy services from prostitutes. Gibbs weighs in on whether employment laws would provide recourse to anyone who may have been victimized and addresses how companies could react. He writes, “Could the companies themselves take action against these employees and fire them? Absolutely. But that’s about all the companies can do directly to their employees besides cooperating with any criminal investigations. Companies can, however, actively work to change the culture at work. Training employees and holding them strictly accountable is the only way to create the major paradigm shift that’s needed to end and prevent this type of behavior from happening in the workplace.”