Video Snooping | Liability for Invasion of Privacy

From the ABA Journal today, September 26, 2012: Plaintiff Catherine Zang and one other plaintiff is suing her ex-husband and his well-known Cincinnati lawyer for invasion of privacy in federal court. Zang and her online friend claim the attorney intended to use secret surveillance in divorce proceedings.

Allegations in the complaint are that Zang then-husband installed a hidden video camera and microphone, as well as computer-tracking software in order to spy on Zang's online communications with a friend. Damages sought: hundreds of thousands of dollars on allegations of wiretapping and invasion of privacy.