Joseph Lazzarotti writes: What is a company’s recourse when a former employee deletes e-mails and other company electronic information before he leaves? A case from Indiana provides a lesson. When Meridian Financial Advisors began serving as Receiver for bankrupted OCMC, Inc., it took possession of a number of OCMC computers, including one belonging to Joseph A….
Category: Court
Google Wants Case About Leaked Name Dismissed
Wendy Davis reports the latest development in Gaos v. Google, a lawsuit mentioned previously on this blog that involves referrer urls that may leak personal information: Google is urging a federal court to dismiss a privacy lawsuit filed by San Francisco resident Paloma Gaos who alleges that her name was leaked to Web sites she…
Another cyberbullying case in New Jersey reminds us of how much needs to be done
Yesterday, James Queally of the Star-Ledger in New Jersey reported on a case involving cyberbullying. The cyberbullying went on for three years and any parent reading what happened to the victim would share the parent’s concerns and frustration trying to get the situation addressed. One of the interesting “factoids” in the piece was that the NJ State…
Stratford woman sues U.S. border guards
Laura Cudworth reports: A Stratford woman has filed a lawsuit against two American female border guards alleging she was subjected to an unjustified strip-search and groped by one guard as the other watched. Loretta Van Beek, 46, filed the lawsuit on Wednesday with the Detroit federal court stating the search violated her Fourth Amendment right…