Request to Revisit E-Mail Privacy Case
A request to revisit the Councilman Decision has come before a federal appeals court in Boston. The Justice Department is asking that the First Circuit Court of Appeals to again hear the case U.S. v. Councilman in which several civil liberties groups filed a "Friend-of-the-court" brief in support of the Department's motion. In this case Councilman offered e-mail service to clients, but configured the service to copy all communications from Amazon.com a competitor and forward them to his mailbox.
Rehearing Sought in E-Mail Privacy Case, Tech News World, October 12, 2004
