2 December 2005
Charles Lee Mudd
Jr. argued before the Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County
in Phoenix, Arizona on behalf of The
Suggestion Box, Inc. (which operates www.theanonymousemail.com), a third-party intervenor in an action
filed by Mobilisa, Inc. The Suggestion Box opposes
Mobilisa's motion seeking discovery of personal identifying
information from The Suggestion Box about some of its subscribers.
3 November 2005
Privacy Resolutions P.C. and the Electronic Frontier Foundation
hosted the First
Annual P2P Litigation Summit.
13 July 2005
Scott Lundhagen joins Law Offices of Charles Lee Mudd Jr. as an
associate.
24 June 2005
Judge Gottschall ruled upon Defendants' Motion to Dismiss filed by Law Offices
of Charles Lee Mudd Jr. in the matter Tamburo
v. Dworkin, et al. Our clients are pleased with the ruling.
16 June 2005
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is quoted in Rolling Stone Magazine
on the topic of file-sharing litigation by the Recording Industry
Association of America.
18 May 2005
Charles Lee Mudd is quoted in an article by Kevin Poulson on WIRED.com relating to litigation brought by Tecmo
in which Charles represents one of the defendants.
16 March 2005
Law Offices of Charles Lee Mudd Jr. obtains a favorable
ruling for its client, Ian
Design, Inc. of New Jersey. Judge William Hart of the Northern
District of Illinois adopted the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Ashman denying
Plaintiff Best Vacuum, Inc.'s Motion for Preliminary Injunction
seeking to enjoin Ian Design, Inc. from using the term "best
vacuum" or the domain name "bestchoicevacuum.com"
in selling vacuums online.
14 February 2005
Law Offices of Charles Lee Mudd Jr. obtains a favorable ruling for
its client, Phillip Ybarrolaza of California. Judge Walter Kurtz
of the Fifth Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee ruled upon the Motion to Dismiss filed by Law Offices of Charles
Lee Mudd Jr. in the matter Cullen,
et al. v. Ybarrolaza, et al. on behalf of our client Phillip
Ybarrolaza. The court held that Defendant Ybarrolaza's Internet
activities did not give rise to personal jurisdiction in Tennessee.
18 January 2005
Law Offices of Charles Lee Mudd Jr. obtains a favorable ruling for
its client, Ian Design,
Inc. of New Jersey. Magistrate Judge Ashman of the Northern
District of Illinois issued his Report and Recommendation in Best Vacuum, Inc. v. Ian Design,
Inc. recommending that the District Court deny Plaintiff Best Vacuum's
Motion for Preliminary Injunction against our client, Ian Design,
Inc., the Defendant.
22 December 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is admitted to the Trial
Bar for the Northern District of Illinois.
20 December 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is reappointed to the Indiana State
Bar Association's Internet and Electronic Commerce
Committee and Law Practice Management Committee.
6 September 2004
In a recent opinion, Ofcom,
the regulator for the UK telecommunications industries,
has upheld a claim brought by a Libyan tour guide
unknowingly filmed as part of a BBC documentary. Though
there exist certain significant differences in terms of
the impact of the surrepitious behavior, the privacy
principle addressed by Ofcom is similar to that alleged
in a complaint filed on behalf of a woman unknowingly
filmed in Chicago as part of a documentary produced in
Poland. For more information, see the Ofcom opinion; and the Complaint filed by Law Offices of Charles Lee Mudd
Jr. on behalf of Jane Doe.
6 August 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is mentioned in an PC World article online in association with his representation
of MPee3.com.
July 2004
Law Offices of Charles Lee Mudd Jr. reaffirmed its
commitment to providing reduced rates in defending
individuals targeted by the RIAA.
June 2004
Law Offices of Charles Lee Mudd Jr. moved to
its new location at 3114 W. Irving Park Road Suite 1W, Chicago,
Illinois 60618.
May 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. successfully settles litigation
brought on behalf of his clients against the City of
Valparaiso for employment related claims.
May 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. successfully settles
litigation brought on behalf of a Jane Doe for
misrepresentation, breach of privacy, and defamation
arising from the publication of nude photographs of Jane
Doe, a figure model, by Columbia College Chicago taken
without Ms. Doe's authorization by student photographer
Brian Morowczynski.
May 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. successfully settles litigation
brought on behalf of a Jane Doe for breach of privacy
arising from the unauthorized distribution of
photographs accompanied by defamatory statements. On a
Friday in the summer of 2003, Jane Doe received
communications from her friends and those with whom she
worked that emails containing defamatory statements and
photographs of Jane Doe had been received from an
anonymous source. The very next Monday, Charles Lee Mudd
Jr. filed a Complaint against the suspected defendant,
obtained leave to initiate discovery, and obtained a
temporary restraining order. Within a short amount of
time, Charles had obtained documentation sufficient to
trace the anonymous emails to a particular telephone
number (that of the defendant's home) and the
defendant's employer. Settlement discussions began in
earnest upon receipt by the defendant's counsel of the
subpoenaed information. Fortunately, all third parties
involved were understanding of the situation and
cooperated as best they could.
13 April 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. files suit against Illinois Stated
Medical Society Alliance, Illinois State Medical
Insurance Services, Inc., and the ISMIE Mutual Insurance
Company on behalf of his clients Dr. Mark Macumber and
Pintamono, Inc.
7 April 2004
Consumers Union files an Amicus Curiae brief before the United States Court
of Appeals for the Federal District in support of the appellee,
Skylink Technologies, Inc., in appeal (04-1118) from the United
States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Chamberlain
Group, Inc. v. Skylink Technologies, Inc., 02-cv-6376. Charles
Lee Mudd Jr. served as local counsel in the Northern District
of Illinois.
6 April 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is quoted in an article in the Chicago
Daily Herald relating to a suit filed on behalf of a woman unknowingly filmed
in Chicago for a documentary produced in Poland.
5 April 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. successfully settles litigation brought
against Brian Smith on behalf of his client F/X
Communications of Denmark, a software developer. This
matter involved online defamation, false light, tortious interference
with business and prospective business relations, and breach
of contract. Three months after filing the Complaint against
Brian Smith, Charles Lee Mudd Jr. obtained a satisfactory settlement
for F/X Communications.
1 March 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is quoted in Skin & Allergy News (Vol.
35, Issue 3) in relation to the contractual dispute between
his client, Dr.
Mark Macumber, and West Suburban Hospital. The article
discusses Dr. Macumber's decision to practice medicine without
malpractice insurance.
1 February 2004
Dr. Mark Macumber,
a client of Law Offices of Charles Lee Mudd Jr., is the focus
of an article in Clinical Psychiatry (Vol. 32, Issue 2) with
respect to his decision to practice medicine without malpractice
insurance.
21 January 2004
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. discusses file-sharing and the
RIAA Legal Initiative in an article written by Ashlee Vance and published in
The Register.