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Food Lion promptly sued the network--but not for libel, which would be appropriate if the story were false. Instead, the chain blamed its losses on the false job applications the reporters filed and their breach of loyalty to their "employer." A jury originally awarded Food Lion more than $5 million in damages; the excessive figure was reduced by the district court to about $300,000. Yet in a 2-1 decision on Oct. 20, a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out all but $2 of the damages, affirming the principle that the press cannot...
...result was an easily accessible master list of students eligible for work study--a breach of privacy in many students' eyes...
...second e-mail to students yesterday afternoon, Director of Student Employment Martha H. Homer apologized for the inconvenience of a long message, but did not acknowledge a confidentiality breach...
Later in the day, Homer told The Crimson that "we did not want to be the first to bring up the breach of confidence if it hadn't been an issue...
...breach of confidence, but the students whose confidence was breached have a lot of company," said Homer, who added that her intent was to help students learn about ways to make money...