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Friday, April 6, 2007

Conversion is a valid tort for electronic media

New York Expands Common Law Conversion

The common law tort of conversion applies to deletions and misappropriations of documents and data stored on electronic media, the New York Court of Appeals held March 22 (Thyroff v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., N.Y., No. 41, 3/22/07).


Read the full opinion.
Posted by Mike at 6:41 AM
Labels: conversion, electronic, torts

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