Stored Communications Act – Page 2

Being a Fugitive is Not Consent for Production under the Stored Communications Act

April 13, 2011 Josh Gilliland Stored Communications Act

The Plaintiff sued his former wife and EgyptAir for abducting their children and taking the children from the United States to Egypt without his consent. The Defendant never appeared in the lawsuit and ignored the court proceedings. Bower v. Mirvat El-Nady Bower, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36677 (D. Mass. Apr.[…]

The “Friendly” Jurors & Stored Communication Act

March 3, 2011 Josh Gilliland Jury Blogging, Jury Disqualification, Jury Selection, Stored Communications Act

It is surprising this has not happened earlier: Two jurors meet and “friend” each other on Facebook during a criminal trial in California State Court. The Criminal Defendant is found guilty. Juror Number Five later informed the Criminal Defense Attorney the Juror Number One (hereinafter the Plaintiff) made comments about[…]

Quashing Subpoenas with the Stored Communication Act

November 4, 2010 Josh Gilliland Email, Stored Communications Act

In a lawsuit over the death of a prison inmate, the Plaintiff served Yahoo with a subpoena for all of the Defendant’s email for a period of nearly two years. Janice Chasten v. Franklin, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113284 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 14, 2010). The Defendant moved to quash the[…]