Opus Group LLC

The improper use of cell phones by Mayor Kwame Kilpartick and his Chief of Staff, Christine Beatty, issued by their employer, the City of Detroit, led to the downfall of both after a series of legal proceedings. Kilpatrick agreed to resign as Mayor of Detroit effective September 18, 2008, as part of a plea agreement on charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, and official misconduct, filed after hundreds of sexually explicit text messages, printed in local papers, proved that he had committed perjury when he testified in a civil trial that he had not had an affair with Beatty.

In a whistleblower suit Kilpatrick was (more…)

Employer-provided technology and equipment, voice mail, E-mail, and computers which are to be used for Employer’s business purposes only, and may not be used for personal matters. These systems are maintained by the Employer in order to facilitate Employer’s business. Therefore, all messages sent, received, composed and/or stored on these systems are the sole property of the Employer. (more…)