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Henry v. IAC/Interactive Group, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24942 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 14, 2006).
In a discrimination action, an employee was ordered to turn over to her former employer three employer-owned computers and over 90,000 documents she had provided to her attorneys before and after filing suit against the employer.
In a discrimination action, an employee was ordered to turn over to her former employer three employer-owned computers and over 90,000 documents she had provided to her attorneys before and after filing suit against the employer.
Harbuck v. Teets, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 22202 (11th Cir. Oct. 12, 2005).
It was not an abuse of discretion for a U.S. District Court to have its own computer personnel evaluate electronic data to determine that a party adequately produced information sought in discovery. The court was a neutral party.
It was not an abuse of discretion for a U.S. District Court to have its own computer personnel evaluate electronic data to determine that a party adequately produced information sought in discovery. The court was a neutral party.
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. v. Montana Board of Investments, 2005 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6541 (N.Y. App. Div. June 14, 2005).
Instant messaging from Montana by the Montana Board of Investors was sufficient to subject the Board to jurisdiction in New York where Deutsche Bank Securities, the other party to the instant messaging, filed a contract action against the Board.
Instant messaging from Montana by the Montana Board of Investors was sufficient to subject the Board to jurisdiction in New York where Deutsche Bank Securities, the other party to the instant messaging, filed a contract action against the Board.
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts B.V. v. Consorcio Barr, S.A., 267 F. Supp. 2d 1268 (S.D. Fla. 2003).
A consortium that owned a hotel in a luxury hotel chain and accessed and downloaded customer and other information from hotel chain computers in violation of its license agreement with the chain violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and the Lanham Act. The court, after describing in detail the computer forensics investigation into improper access by the consortium into the hotel chain's computer databases, ordered the payment of over $4 million in damages to the hotel chain.
A consortium that owned a hotel in a luxury hotel chain and accessed and downloaded customer and other information from hotel chain computers in violation of its license agreement with the chain violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and the Lanham Act. The court, after describing in detail the computer forensics investigation into improper access by the consortium into the hotel chain's computer databases, ordered the payment of over $4 million in damages to the hotel chain.
Taffe v. Ill. Dep't of Empl., 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20538 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 23, 2002).
Email excluded as inadmissible hearsay.
Email excluded as inadmissible hearsay.
Rio Props., Inc. v. Rio Int'l Interlink, 284 F.3d 1007, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 4392, 2002 Cal. Daily Op. Service 2511, 2002 D.A.R. 3092, 52 Fed. R. Serv. 3d (Callaghan) 239, 62 U.S.P.Q.2d (BNA) 1161 (9th Cir. Nev. Mar. 20, 2002).
Ninth Circuit approves service by email on foreign corporation.
Ninth Circuit approves service by email on foreign corporation.








