For intentionally, willfully, in reckless disregard of the law, and with malice, intercepting, disclosing, and posting on the Internet private communications with Balitmore ACORN employees without their knowledge or consent in violation of (Baltimore) Courts and Judicial Proceedings Codes 10-402(a) and 10-410 resulting in the loss of employment, extreme emotional distress, and damage of the reputations of the two Baltimore ACORN employees and damage to the reputation of ACORN ... allegedly.
I thought the Maryland law was only for ‘intercepting’ a communication. They didn’t ‘intercept’ anything, they actually taped it in person.
See below...
There are many assumptions that are being made about the Maryland law that are dead wrong but are still repeatedly published and broadcast by the media and prominent persons, lawyers, prosecutors, and even the courts. In this article, I am going to try once again to do away with the assumptions. And you know what the word “ass-u-me” means.
False Assumption #1: Maryland law prohibits the “taping” or “recording” of conversations without the consent of all persons.
The Truth #1: Maryland law prohibits the “interception” of “communications” without the consent of all persons to the communication and does not even mention “taping” or “recording” anywhere in the part of the statute related to criminal violations.