Tracking Down Anonymous Wrongdoers: What Are the Rules in the Wake of the Hewlett-Packard Pretexting? (One-Hour Audio Briefing)

This Audio Only Webcast is Not Approved for CLE Credit in Iowa

October 5,  2006, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (E.D.T.)

The recent news stories concerning the state and federal criminal probes into the tactics used by Hewlett-Packard to investigate leaks from its Board of Directors to the press puts into sharp focus the fact that there are legal limits to what a corporation can do to track down anonymous wrongdoers.  In the Internet era, the ability of wrongdoers to remain anonymous makes unmasking them and pursuing them for legal liability extremely difficult.  Compounding the problem is that a false step can result in legal liability for the way an in investigation is conducted.

Please plan to join Christopher Wolf of Proskauer Rose LLP (Editor and lead author of the forthcoming PLI treatise on privacy and data security law, "Proskauer on Privacy"), Bryan Gorczyk of Forensic Concepts LLC (expert in computer forensics), and Professor Bruce Boyden of the Washington & Lee University School of Law (electronic communications privacy expert) as they address these important and timely issues.

Additional topics to be discussed include:

• What are the legal tools available to help identify an anonymous wrongdoer?
• What are the practical limitations to finding out who has wronged your company?
• What are the legal risks in investigating wrongs committed by an unknown person, including what are the legal issues implicated by "pretexting" (pretending to be someone to get phone records or other information)?
• What remedies are available if you ultimately are unable to identify a wrongdoer?

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