John P. Martin reports: A federal judge Monday ordered the Lower Merion School District to pay about $260,000 now – and potentially much more later – to the lawyer who brought the lawsuit over the district’s webcam monitoring. In a 14-page opinion, Senior U.S. District Judge Jan E. DuBois said Mark S. Haltzman deserved to…
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U.S. ends webcam probe; no charges
John P. Martin reports: Federal prosecutors on Tuesday closed their investigation into Lower Merion School District’s secret use of software to track student laptops, saying they found no evidence that anyone intentionally committed a crime. The decision, announced by U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger, ended a six-month probe by the FBI into allegations that district employees…
L. Merion, insurance firm spar over webcam costs
John P. Martin reports: The Lower Merion School District argued Friday that the district’s insurer should pay what could be a million-dollar tab to resolve a lawsuit over its now-disabled laptop tracking program. In a counterclaim filed in federal court, attorneys for the district also accused Graphics Arts Mutual Insurance of New York of breaching…
Former IT chief’s lawyer attacks Web cam report
John P. Martin reports the latest installment in the ongoing dispute over webcam surveillance by the Lower Merion School District: The lawyer for the former top technology administrator in the Lower Merion School District today attacked a report that broadly blamed his client for the furor over the district’s secret laptop tracking program. Lawyer Nicholas…