Littler Mendelson has been granted a protective order towards a former affiliate, Uliana Kozeychuk, to stop her from using the confidential agency and shopper info the agency says she downloaded. In line with court docket filings, Littler maintains in February of this yr Kozeychuk downloaded 7,900+ paperwork, together with agency proprietary and shopper information, to an exterior Dropbox whereas she was on Household Medical Go away Act depart.
Kozeychuk has mentioned the downloads have been “completely private in nature.” Moreover, as reported by Bloomberg Regulation, Kozeychuk has asserted Littler’s authorized maneuvers are an effort to distract from different points:
Kozeychuk has launched a blistering social media response, accusing her former agency of focusing on her for complaining about “abuse” by Littler shareholders.
“They know that I didn’t take any paperwork they usually did it as a smear marketing campaign to silence me and guarantee that no one believes me after I lastly get round to talking about them,” Kozeychuk mentioned in an interview.
Kozeychuk has been posting concerning the case to social media with the hashtag #TimesUpLittler.
Littler’s filings additionally say Kozeychuk refused to return the data she allegedly downloaded, as reported by ABA Journal:
Littler basic counsel George Wooden first confronted Kozeychuk a few obtain of greater than 3,100 paperwork in a Feb. 19 electronic mail, the agency mentioned in its petition. After receiving the e-mail, Kozeychuk uploaded the 7,900-plus paperwork to the Dropbox, the agency mentioned. Littler positioned Kozeychuk on unpaid depart Feb. 21 and demanded return of the data.
She refused Feb. 23, based on the Littler petition.
In line with Littler, she responded this fashion: “Let me make one thing clear. Absent a court docket order relating to the identical, I can’t be offering Littler IT division or anybody else with my personal account login data and entry to my personal information saved there. I’ve years’ value of personal photographs and paperwork in there, amongst different issues, that I don’t want to have anybody to peruse and to violate my privateness rights primarily based on some false and defamatory accusation. Go to court docket, show that I did something improper, get a court docket order, and I’ll be blissful to conform then. We each know this can by no means occur.”
Two days after being positioned on unpaid depart, Kozechuk stop.
In a positive signal this litigation is already getting heated, the agency has responded to the allegations:
“Ms. Kozeychuk has additionally chosen to publicly talk about grievances towards the agency, together with allegations that have been investigated throughout her time at Littler and located to don’t have any factual help,” the agency mentioned in a press release to Bloomberg Regulation.
“Her actions are unlucky, however we proceed to concentrate on her improper conduct and are taking all crucial steps to guarantee each shopper and agency paperwork are protected,” the agency mentioned.
Littler Targets Ex-Associate Accused of Stealing Sensitive Info [Bloomberg Law]
Associate uploaded over 7,900 documents to external Dropbox before quitting, Littler alleges [ABA Journal]
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