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DIVORCE ATTORNEYS SUED OVER E-MAILS GLEANED FROM SPYWARE

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I've been waiting for this case. It was just inevitable that attorneys (as opposed to spouses) would one day be sued for using evidence obtained from spyware.

A two million dollar lawsuit has been filed in Tennessee against the law firm of Berke, Berke and Berke (think they're related?). Allegedly, the firm used or tried to use e-mails intercepted by "eBlaster," a popular spyware program, in violation of federal and state wiretap laws. Individual attorneys were sued along with the firm itself.

This is the first such case I've run into - but I've long predicted it would happen. The attorneys say the suit will be "vigorously defended." No kidding. $2 million doesn't qualify as chump change. But if they really did what they are alleged to have done, they may also have an ethics problem with their state bar.

I shall watch this one with great interest.

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Full post as published by Ride the Lightning: Electronic Evidence on July 01, 2009 (boomark / email).

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