Shawn Wood and Jake Maginn Write on Surveillance Protections on Civil Litigation in Illinois State Bar Association Trial Briefs

Seyfarth’s Shawn Wood and Jake Maginn co-authored an article, “Somebody’s Watching Me: Balancing the Absolute Litigation Privilege With Protection From Abusive Surveillance,” in the June 2024 edition of the Illinois State Bar Association Trial Briefs. The Seyfarth attorneys discussed how surveillance could impact the accused and the rights and remedies available to those who fall victim to overly aggressive or disruptive evidence-gathering tactics in civil litigation.

“In Goodman v. Goodman, 2023 IL App (2d) 220086, the Second District Appellate Court held that the absolute litigation privilege barred a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress arising from extensive surveillance of the plaintiff in a divorce proceeding.”

You can read the full article here.