Troeckler v. Zeiser, 2015 WL 1042187, a recent Southern District of Illinois case, examines this question adapted to a plaintiff’s intrusion on seclusion claim filed against her ex-husband – the defendant who, with some help, secretly affixed a GPS device (a “black box”) to the plaintiff’s car. The defendant’s two principal acts giving rise to …
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Chicago News Reporter’s Defamation and Intrusion on Seclusion Suit Against Rival Networked Tossed (IL First District)
(Photo credit: Google images (visited 10.29.14); Associated Press) The First District recently weighed in on the nature and scope of defamation law and the false light and intrusion on seclusion civil claims in a case involving a well-known Chicago newscaster. In Jacobson v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc., 2014 IL App (1st) 132480, the plaintiff – a former NBC …
Employee Sues After Employer Hijacks Personal Twitter and Facebook Accounts (the ‘With Friends Like These…’ Post)
The case is dated (2011) but interesting. The salient issues in Maremont v. Fredman, 2011 WL 6101949 (N.D.Ill. 2011), have enduring relevance in this culture of omnipresent electronic commerce and social media use. The case is also post-worthy for its discussion of state law privacy and publicity torts in a computerized factual setting. Plaintiff was director of marketing for the defendant …