A business analyst for JPMorgan Chase is suing the bank after claiming she was fired for blogging in her spare time.  Perhaps she was shirking her responsibilities, or posting unauthorized, business-oriented blogs.

Well, actually no.  Marilyn Tagocon, posting to her personal blog under a pseudonym, promoted her part-time passion for writing historical fiction.  It's now become her full-time passion - that and preparing for her court case.

    Received a Warning.    Following a warning from a co-worker that her activities might infringe the bank's personal code of conduct, Ms. Tagocon contacted HR, who told her that she'd have to stop posting to the blog if she wanted to retain her day job.   [C-I Question:   Did this prohibition pertain to after business hours?] 

Ms. Tagocon refused to oblige and so her employment was terminated;  the bank claimed she was in breach of rules prohibiting employees from posting 'online personal speeches'. 

    Similarity to MS Software Developer.   The Bloomberg reporter notes this case is similar to that of Solomon Lederer, a Morgan Stanley software developer who tried to set up an offline social network on his commute to work, but was fired in October last year after his enterprise was picked up on and reported by the Wall Street Journal.   [Bloomberg, 1/6]