State law criminalizes theft of corporate identity 
Published: April 17, 2013
Tags: corporations, identity theft
A defendant who allegedly forged his employer’s business check could be convicted of identity theft, the Washington Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Benchmarks: Identity theft law protects corporate identities
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: April 12, 2013
Tags: corporations, identity theft
The Washington Supreme Court decided yesterday that the state’s identity theft law criminalizes the theft of a corporation’s identity, just like it does the theft of an individual’s identity.
Credit card customer needn’t show identity theft to sue
Published: March 14, 2013
Tags: consumer protection, identity theft
A credit card customer was not required to show that she was the victim of identity theft in order recover damages for a retailer’s violation of a state law prohibiting the disclosure of personal information on transaction forms, Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled.
FTC issues new interim “red flags” regulation
Published: December 28, 2012
Tags: federal regulations, Federal Trade Commission, identity theft, red flags rule
WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission has issued an interim final rule narrowing the breadth of those covered under the anti-identity theft “red flags” rule.
Convictions for stealing corporation’s identity tossed
Published: December 17, 2012
Tags: identity theft
Defendants who allegedly stole a corporation’s identity to perpetrate fraud could not be convicted of identity theft under federal law, the 4th Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.
Disbarred lawyer sentenced on new criminal charges
Published: November 5, 2012
Tags: attorney fraud, custody, disbarment, forgery, Georgia, identity theft, theft by conversion
A lawyer in Georgia who had already been disbarred for inventing hearing dates in a custody case is in more hot water.
Employer isn’t liable for taking over LinkedIn account
Published: October 22, 2012
Tags: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, identity theft, Lanham Act, law invasion of privacy, LinkedIn
An employer isn’t liable under federal computer fraud law for taking control of an executive’s LinkedIn account following her termination, a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania has ruled in granting summary judgment.
Company may be sued for negligence over data breach
Published: September 10, 2012
Tags: class action, data breach, identity theft, negligence, Twombly-Iqbal
Plaintiffs sufficiently linked a data breach suffered by their healthcare services company to the theft of their identities to proceed with a claim for negligence, the 11th Circuit has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Benchmarks: 11th Circuit upholds identity theft conviction
Published: May 22, 2012
Tags: identity theft
A Mexican woman stands convicted in the U.S. of aggravated identity theft, but contends there is a loophole in the federal statute that should allow her to get out of prison. Yesterday, the 11th Circuit dashed her hopes of freedom.
Patients can’t sue over theft of personal information
Published: February 28, 2012
Tags: consumer protection, identity theft
Patients could not sue a hospital for the theft of their personal information without showing that the information was actually used or viewed in an unlawful manner, the Oregon Supreme Court has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
