After taking the reader through various elements of, and potential defenses to, the suit, Hilden suggests that Cutler's defenses may be shaped by the unique circumstances of a young woman in Washington, including the thought that, like Monica Lewinsky, for Cutler the (very) personal was in fact political. All it takes is a computer and Internet access.įindlaw's Julie Hilden takes a different angle. Today's technology grants any person - no matter how selfish, irresponsible or malicious - the power to invade privacy globally, at almost no cost.
Steinbuch's case spotlights the inadequacy of privacy law - developed back when gossip mostly traveled across backyard fences - for responding to the challenges of the Internet age. Steibuch suggests that the law in modern times is relatively toothless, saying, But in yesterday's Washington Post, Andrew McClurg offers a look at the evolution of the "public disclosure of private facts" tort under which Steibuch has brought his suit. Even the suit filed against the tell-all Capitol Hill staffer by former flame Robert Steibuch has mostly been treated as more tabloid fodder. "Washingtonienne" blogger Jessica Cutler is usually the topic of gossip instead of legal analysis. Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.Technology Law and Intellectual Property.Regulation and the Administrative State.
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