Law Firm Sued Over Divorce Client’s Use of Spyware

A law firm in Chattanooga, Tenn., has been sued for $2 million by a man who says one of its lawyers tried to use improperly intercepted e-mail in a divorce case.

Farrell Hayes says in the suit that the law firm Berke, Berke and Berke represented his wife, Alice Suzanne Hayes, in a divorce action, the Chattanoogan.com reports. The suit claims Alice Hayes installed "eBlaster" software on Farrell Hayes’ laptop computer that intercepted his communications.

The suit says lawyer Marvin Berke used or tried to use some of the e-mail in the divorce case. Berke told the Chattanoogan that the suit will be "vigorously defended."

Hat tip to Legal Blog Watch.