28 Aug 2009
Why is John Doe Such a Malefactor?
With the internet has come an ever-growing wave of anonymous wrong-doing so businesses and individuals increasingly have to vindicate their rights by bringing a lawsuit against a fictitious entity and then, once the suit is filed, the victims can invoke the court’s subpoena power to discover the name(s) of the wrong-doers (with subpoenas to internet service providers and others). In the mean time, people named John Doe just have to deal with it.
Such a case was filed today in the U.S. District Court, D. Minn.
