DEAR CARRIE: I work in an office. Can the manager tape our conversations with customers without first telling us? _ Legal Eavesdropping?
DEAR LEGAL: Yes, and here's why:
"The majority of states, including New York, follow the federal one-party consent rule," said employment attorney Howard M. Wexler, a partner at Seyfarth Shaw in Manhattan. "The federal Wiretap Act permits the recording of telephone calls and in-person conversations with the consent of only one of the parties to the conversation."
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