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Does Glassdoor even have a legal presence in NZ? If so, why? If not, why are they even bothered by this? Could they theoretically not just play hardball, ignor
by NamTaf 4y ago
Does Glassdoor even have a legal presence in NZ? If so, why? If not, why are they even bothered by this?
Could they theoretically not just play hardball, ignore the NZ courts entirely on the basis that they have no legal entity within NZ, and see what happens? Are there cross-border legal agreements that give the NZ courts any teeth? Or would it come down to NZ having to mandate that all ISPs block Glassdoor within NZ?
- gene91 4y agoThis order is from a California court.
- IG_Semmelweiss 4y agoIANAL - you instinct is good generally but you missed a key point. Zuru is suing in CA to compel glassdoor to produce information. Zuru is not suing glassdoor for breaking NZ law in CA. That would make this case go away very quickly. Instead, Zuru is saying they intend to sue NZ individuals in NZ, but in order to sue, they need info from US based glassdoor. there may be some kind of cross border agreement to facilitate information between NZ and US. Politics aside, i dont know if a US company could be compelled by a US court to produce information to sue chinese or russian citizens, under those respective laws/jurisdictions?
- NamTaf 4y agoAha, thanks for that key point, that does change it a lot. I missed that this was in CA and for whatever reason assumed it was all going through the NZ courts. I am sure there is some form of cross-border agreement between NZ and the US, but I don't know any details about it.