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This is 100% correct. This is an HR nightmare in the making. The guy will likely get a much bigger settlement from this incident than he would from getting laid off. Regardless of whether he violated company policy, the CEO had no proof of filming, didn't make it clear that this was a proprietary event, didn't do a whole suite of things any halfway competent lawyer will throw at him.

This just makes me dislike AOL even more.

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He may have already been on the CEO's "radar" so to speak and this was the tipping point. The CEO didn't say "you over there, put that away" rather he called him out by name and fired him on the spot.

> didn't make it clear that this was a proprietary event

how do you know?

Well, the article mentions a "tipster" that described the event. This seems like important information that should have been included if it was said.

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