Reporter Sued For Not Relinquishing Control Of Newspaper’s Twitter Account

Mealey's (August 15, 2018, 7:39 AM EDT) -- ROANOKE, Va. — Claiming that it owns trade secret rights in the followers list of a Twitter account used by a former employee, the owner of a Virginia newspaper on Aug. 6 filed suit in Virginia federal court against that reporter for not turning over control of the account upon leaving the company, alleging state and federal claims for trade secret misappropriation and computer fraud (BH Media Group Inc. v. Andy Bitter, No. 7:18-cv-00388, W.D. Va.)....