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Evidence at issue in corporate espionage case involving WYCO employees
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:11:22 -0600 (CST)
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/nov/13/evidence-at-issue-in-corporate-espionage-case-of/ By Hugh G. Willett, Knoxvillebiz.com November 13, 2009 There is an expectation of privacy for files stored on a laptop computer but not for files stored on a central office server, a federal magistrate judge ruled Thursday in a case of alleged corporate espionage. U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley Jr. found that e-mail messages of defendant Clark Alan Roberts were stored under an expectation of privacy in a case where employees of WYCO Inc. of Greenback are accused of conspiring to steal trade secrets. Roberts and co-defendant Sean Edward Howley have been charged in a federal indictment of gaining access to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plant in Topeka, Kan., in May 2007 to steal trade secrets. Attorneys for both defendants squared off with federal prosecutors Thursday in U.S. District Court in Knoxville over issues related to the admissibility of evidence in the case based on the seldom-prosecuted Economic Espionage Act of 1996. Shirley likened the example of files stored on a laptop versus an office server to the difference between documents stored in a personal filing cabinet versus those stored in a central office filing cabinet. Federal prosecutor Gregory Weddle argued that all documents created by an employee at work, whether stored on a laptop or server, were the property of the employer and not subject to any expectation of privacy. The files were not his personal property, Weddle said. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org
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