Management Liability Update

Archive for July, 2011

NJ Court Rules No Privacy Tort Exists for Location Tracking

Icon July 9, 2011 – 8:22 am

In what may be a case of first impression, the New Jersey Appellate Division ruled, on July 7, 2011, that the tort of invasion of privacy does not necessarily exist whenever a plaintiff alleges surreptitious location tracking by a defendant.  Specifically, the court ruled: We hold that the placement of a GPS device in plaintiff’s [...]



Betterley Report on Cyber Insurance is Now Available

Icon July 5, 2011 – 6:47 am

The highly-anticipated annual Betterley Report on cyber insurance was released right before the 4th of July holiday weekend.  In the free summary of the issue, there is mention of the 29 insurers now providing some form of network security and privacy insurance.  Betterley projects the existing market to be in the $800 million range — [...]