PowerPage and AppleInsider Filed Appeal to Decision Permitting Apple Subpoena

On March 11, California Superior Court Judge James Kleinberg ruled against the protective order sought by Jason O'Grady, Monish Bhatia and Kasper Jade. They had filed to prevent Apple from enforcing a subpoena of the email of one of the Mac Web sites, O'Grady's PowerPage, and ultimately all of their records. Apple wants to find out who leaked information that Apple claims is protected under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The Mac Web sites filed their appeal yesterday. Their appeal is based on an alleged violation of their First Amendment right to free speech and Apple's failure to complete an exhaustive investigation of its own employees before obtaining the subpoena. More... [Dana Baggett]