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James Tuthill Warns of Privacy Concerns in Google Voice Call Recording

San Francisco Chronicle, November 5, 2009 by James P. Tuthill and Michael Katz
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/05/ED7H1AE3JV.DTL

Monstrous privacy concerns loom: What information will Google collect from the calls it connects, and what will it do with that information? Google’s privacy policy says it will store and maintain recorded conversations. Is it preserving the numbers called, the duration of the call and even the name and address of the person the Google Voice user called?

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James Tuthill Lauds Judge for Foreclosure Rulings that Protect Homeowners

The New York Times, September 19, 2009 by James P. Tuthill
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/opinion/l20finance.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2

It was a single person who insisted that some of the culprits in our financial calamity not only be identified, but actually be held accountable. It wasn’t the executive branch, or the regulators, or Congress. It was Judge Jed S. Rakoff.

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James Tuthill Insists AIG Bonus Contracts Can be Voided

The New York Times, Room for Debate, March 17, 2009 by James P. Tuthill
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/when-bonus-contracts-can-be-broken/#tuthill

“Payment of bonuses to employees who have wrought so much destruction and havoc on us all is simply ipso facto unconscionable, and a court should reform or invalidate the contracts…. If the employees’ acts have been so contrary to the interests of the shareholders, as is the case with A.I.G., then payment of the bonuses is unconscionable and the obligation can be voided.”

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James Tuthill Warns of Privacy Concerns in Google Voice Call Recording

San Francisco Chronicle, November 5, 2009 by James P. Tuthill and Michael Katz
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/05/ED7H1AE3JV.DTL

Monstrous privacy concerns loom: What information will Google collect from the calls it connects, and what will it do with that information? Google’s privacy policy says it will store and maintain recorded conversations. Is it preserving the numbers called, the duration of the call and even the name and address of the person the Google Voice user called?


James Tuthill Lauds Judge for Foreclosure Rulings that Protect Homeowners

The New York Times, September 19, 2009 by James P. Tuthill
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/opinion/l20finance.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2

It was a single person who insisted that some of the culprits in our financial calamity not only be identified, but actually be held accountable. It wasn’t the executive branch, or the regulators, or Congress. It was Judge Jed S. Rakoff.


James Tuthill Insists AIG Bonus Contracts Can be Voided

The New York Times, Room for Debate, March 17, 2009 by James P. Tuthill
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/when-bonus-contracts-can-be-broken/#tuthill

“Payment of bonuses to employees who have wrought so much destruction and havoc on us all is simply ipso facto unconscionable, and a court should reform or invalidate the contracts…. If the employees’ acts have been so contrary to the interests of the shareholders, as is the case with A.I.G., then payment of the bonuses is unconscionable and the obligation can be voided.”



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