On Jan. 30, Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James of the Northern District of California Chief denied Noah Kravitz’s motion to dismiss two of PhoneDog’s amended claims against him stemming from his continued use of a Twitter account he tweeted from while working for PhoneDog.
PhoneDog, an online company that reviews mobile products and services, hired Kravitz as a product reviewer and video blogger in April 2006. Kravitz’s job was to create written and video content for dissemination to PhoneDog users through Twitter and other media formats. Kravitz was an independent contractor, according to the company’s lawyer, John Kirke, of Oakland, Calif.-based Donahue Gallaher Woods. Kravitz’s lawyer, Cary Kletter of the San Mateo, Calif.-based Kletter Law Firm, claims that at certain times Kravitz was an employee, and at other he was a contract employee.
