From: <jt2184@columbia.edu>
  To  : <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:07:19 -0400

real live

I though that "no place to hide" was a bit exaggerated, you know, to
make it more thrilling, but reality always supersedes. For those of
you who want to enjoy a first-hand experience with identity theft,
here goes my story.
My roommate’s wages for last month are being garnished by a tribunal
in Texas. Apparently, a bank has sued him for not paying back a loan
of 100.000 dollars he never asked for. He was never served with
judicial notification, indeed, he's never been in Texas, so he is
been held liable and the court has issued an arrest warrant against
him.
That's all we know so far, well, we also know that he wont be able
to pay last month rent, let's see how sensitive landlords are to
digital-era problems. He is meeting with an attorney today, so
we'll see. Any suggestions?
Javier.


Quoting Heather Schneider <hms2103@columbia.edu>:

> Remember the discussion we had a few weeks ago about trial rights
> and
> the fact that in Canada and the UK the press can't write about
> ongoing
> trials? Well, here's another example where The Internet and
> Canadian sub
> judice rules collide (it even mentions the Karla Homolka case we
> discussed in class)
>
> U.S. blogger thwarts Canadian gag order
> "Canada's long-standing practice of barring news organizations
> from
> disclosing what's happening in certain court proceedings is being
> tested
> by Internet bloggers.."
>
http://news.com.com/U.S.+blogger+thwarts+Canadian+gag+order/2100-1028 3-
> 5656087.html
>
> -Heather
>
>
>
>
>



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