A former RIAA lobbyist who has become a United States District Judge issued rulings in at least two bittorrent cases putting pressure on the plaintiffs and their attorneys to comply with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in pursuing their mass bittorrent lawsuits. http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-lobbyist-turned-judge-backpedals-on-bittorrent-cases-110408/
Charles will be speaking at the Utah State Bar Summer Convention and presenting a seminar on ‘Privacy in the Workplace: Electronic Surveillance Under State and Federal Law’ on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
We are pleased to welcome Susan E. Moore as a new associate attorney who began on December 1, 2009.
Charles Mudd will be speaking at a breakout session presented by the Cyberlaw Section of the Utah State Bar at the 2010 Utah State Bar Summer Convention held in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 14-17, 2010. Specifically, Charles will be speaking on the topic of “Privacy in the Workplace: Electronic Surveillance Under State and Federal Law.”
November 9, 2009 — Charles Mudd appeared on WGN 9 Evening News and News at Nine to speak about anonymity online. In particular, he discussed when the identity of an anonymous speaker should be revealed. His appearance occurred in the context of a news story on a ruling ordering disclosure of an anonymous speaker’s identity in litigation filed by Lisa Stone, a Buffalo Grove village trustee, in the Circuit Court of Cook County. In the litigation, an anonymous speaker is alleged to have made defamatory statements about Trustee Lisa Stone’s 15 year old son apparently after he defended his mother in an online discussion during the 2009 election for Village trustee.
On October 28, 2009, Charles Mudd appeared at Lyons Township High School to discuss social responsibility and safety on the Internet.
Mudd Law Offices is pleased to announce that Susan Moore will join the Firm in December 2009.