Greek billionaire Alki David is back in court, battling to protect both plaintiffs and defendants in civil employment cases, as he supports the proposed legislation, Restore Privacy Act of 2019. The new legislation is circulating the US House and Senate Judiciary Committees, in an effort to help secure online privacy.
The goal of the Restore Privacy Act is to help everyone involved such lawsuits from being tried and convicted in social media. If the legislation is passed, then both both plaintiffs and defendants in civil employment cases would receive the same protections as those involved with medical, insurance and family lawsuits.
The support of the Restore Privacy Act by David, who runs several companies, including FilmOn Networks, Hologram USA, Octiive and Swissx, comes after his case, Elizabeth Taylor v. Alki David, ended in a hung jury earlier this month. Jurors felt that Taylor, a former FIlmOn.TV employee, didn’t provide adequate evidence against the businessman during the #MeToo/extortion trial she brought against him.
“This such an important issue for people in the modern age,” David said of the Restore Privacy Act. “I am really passionate about people being properly respected and that the law catches up with the pace of the digital age.”
In addition to his own personal case, David’s fight to have the legislation passed also started after public concern over privacy began to climb. He supports the fact that the law would prohibit officers of the court from making any public statements about the cases they’re working on, especially on social media. The deliberations of civil employment legal proceedings would also remain sealed throughout the court process. The details would only be opened at the end of the court proceeding, or at the discretion of the judge in extraordinary circumstances.
“I’ve been fighting bogus lawsuits from greedy lawyers who would exploit the #MeToo movement for their own gain for years,” David also stated. He added that he wants “to keep unethical lawyers in check and protect the average business owner or worker who can’t pay lawyers to fight for their good name. I will fight to my very last day alive to give people justice and fair judgement.”