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Arizona Court of Appeals rules anonymous e-mailer's needn't be disclosed

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From: Lawyers USA
Date: 20071217
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An e-mail service provider isn't required to disclose the identity of an anonymous e-mailer who allegedly breached a company's computer system and e-mail accounts - unless the company demonstrates that competing interests outweighed the e-mailer's First Amendment rights, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled in vacating a discovery order.

The CEO of a company used his work e-mail account to send an intimate message to a personal friend.

Six days later, a number of people, including members of the company's management team, received an e-mail from an anonymous sender with an e-mail address ...

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