LegalCrunch
10:37 am December 23rd, 2006 by Sal Cangeloso
Techcrunch has a really interesting post on how the now-defunct law firm Brobeck, Pleger & Harrison LLP “has given permission to turn over all confidential client documents to the Library of Congress and put on display in a new public archive.” This was the first I heard about it, but it seems like it could be a pretty big deal for the companies involved as well as establishing a precedent for this kind of thing. It looks like the companies will easily be able to opt out, but something like this should not be happening in the first place. Make sure to read the comments, there were some good ones on Mike Arrington weighed in a few times. More information.
More unrest in blog land. I don’t know why tempers flare when everyone is typing to one another and has time to think about what they write…
Salcan,
I broke the story originally over on my blog (http://www.mytruston.com/blog/data_breach/huge_law_firms_records_handed_over_to_go.html). And I would like to point out that it isn’t easy for companies to opt-out. Because the law firm was defunct for 3 years before the notices went out. So many of their former clients have moved, been acquired or gone otu of business. But that doesn’t make those records any less sensitive. If a document has my name, social security number, and address on it it doesn’t matter how old it is, my identity could be stolen. Brobeck handled 5-6 individual stock offerings for my little company alone. And the offering docs had every investors sensitive data in it.