1st Circuit:  Call Interception Violation Under Wiretap Act Must Be Intentional

Mealey's (June 9, 2020, 1:04 PM EDT) -- BOSTON— Affirming a trial court’s ruling that reversed the quashing of a subpoena for recordings of an employee’s phone calls, a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 5 found that the calls were recorded unintentionally and thus did not run afoul of the prohibitions of the Federal Wiretap Act (In re HIPAA Subpoena, No. 19-1424, 1st Cir.)....