Dispute Over Ownership of Social Media Accounts Lands Former Business Owner in Jail: eDiscovery Trends

By Doug Austin

I don’t get to cover a story very often that originates from my hometown paper, the Houston Chronicle, but here is an interesting story about a former gun store owner being jailed for refusing to turn over the passwords to the social media accounts that used to be associated with his business.

The story Federal judge refuses to free ex-Katy gun store owner over Facebook password (written by Jayme Fraser) discusses Jeremy Alcede, who lost his Katy, Texas (which is just west of Houston) gun…

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  • Doug Austin

    Doug Austin is the editor and founder of eDiscovery Today and an EDRM Global Advisory Council Leader. Doug is an established eDiscovery thought leader with over 30 years of experience providing eDiscovery best practices, legal technology consulting and technical project management services to numerous commercial and government clients. Doug has published a daily blog since 2010 and has written numerous articles and white papers. He has received the JD Supra Readers Choice Award as the Top eDiscovery Author for 2017 and 2018 and a JD Supra Readers Choice Award as a Top Cybersecurity Author for 2019.

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