[luau] Law stuff advice

[Patrick Smith]

First off, I would be concerned about the filing of a criminal 
complaint.  Considering that possibility you may want to send your former 
employers a very terse letter saying that you own the property in 
question.  Avoid the desire to elaborate about any of the details.  I 
suspect, armed with this letter, the police would likely dismiss this as a 
civil dispute and not criminal.

As for any civil liability, as the previous responders have suggested, I 
would be careful of assuming the self-perceived reasonableness of the 
circumstances frees you from liability.  You might contact the company and 
see if you can work out some sort of compromise.  However, I would suggest 
proceeding only if you are at least somewhat confident of success because 
you don't want to help them make a case against you.  Also, be practical; 
unless this is some whiz bang piece of equipment it probably won't be 
worthwhile for your former employer to pursue you civilly, unless they want 
their data, which can be quite valuable (think of some of the creative ways 
companies inflated hacking damage).  I would suggest providing them a copy 
of their data and agreeing to destroy any that has been retained by you if 
for no other reason than it is the right thing to do.

Disclaimer: This should not be considered legal advice.  If you want that, 
you have to find an attorney licensed in HI to give it to you.

Patrick

At 12:03 PM 5/16/2003 -1000, you wrote:
>I quit my job. The company changed ownership and I did not agree with
>the new management. (They wanted to put the servers in the hallway so
>they could open up another office!!!!!)
>This company was using my server as their file/print server. When I left
>I took my server with me. I returned all files to them via CD ROM.
>They are filing charges on me with HPD saying that I should have the
>file and print sharing operational.
>Is that true?
>Members of the company knew that the server was mine so wouldn't they
>expect for me to take my server with me if I left? And to have lost
>those services as well?
>They are also saying that I stole the server since rent was not paid
>for, but I was able to get into the office without unlocking a single
>door. Don't I have a right to get my stuff if the doors are not locked
>and landlord lieu is not implemented?
>
>Randall
>
>
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