With some harsh words of warning, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota has sanctioned another law firm for electronic filing of documents disclosing birth dates, names of minors, financial account numbers and at least one social security number in violation of Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2(a).
In a decision issued on…
In another recent example of a law firm running afoul of privacy requirements in litigation (See also the discussion of Kim v. St. Elizabeth’s), U.S. District Judge Michael Davis recently assessed a $5,000 sanction against the law firm for electronically filing an affidavit that contained the Social Security numbers and dates of births…
