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Law Firms Not Liable in Alleged Web Hacking Case
Created 13.12.2005 - 15:38

'Two law firms that allegedly surreptitiously accessed an expert witness's password-protected Web site to show a judge that the witness violated a gag order cannot be held liable under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, ruled a federal judge who dismissed the suit. The occupational illness expert had accused Keller & Heckman and its attorney Douglas Behr of hacking into his site by acquiring a password and sharing it with Jones Day lawyers in the midst of a landmark toxics trial.'

Originally by Law.com Legal Technology, 2:38 PM

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Cite as: Jaani Riordan, ‘Law Firms Not Liable in Alleged Web Hacking Case’ (2005) Jaani.net Internet Law and Technology <http://www.jaani.net/view/2005/12/13/law_firms_not_liable_in_alleged_web_hacking_case>.
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