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Comment by iambateman | Hacker News Reader

Ah, then this is unintentional click bait I think.

The headline reads like a major constitutional rights problem, since I guess I assume these headlines usually originate in the USA.

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I'm not an attorney but there is a deeply troubling thing here to me. This was a lawsuit brought in US court against the US company, but the judge freely states that he ruled based on New Zealand law. That seems, at best, grossly inappropriate and grounds for an appeal. If this company wants the case decided under New Zealand law, they should fight it in New Zealand court. Is Glassdoor doesn't operate any legal New Zealand entities, then, there's nobody to sue. Maybe because this type of lawsuit seems especially petty and frivolous, but to me that seems like the system working as intended.

I don't see how any judge in any country is qualified to rule based on statutes in a completely different country.

Would you rather that a New Zealand court decides whether Glassdoor has to produce the poster's name?

I don't think Glassdoor should be forced to produce the name at all, but a New Zealand court handling the case at least makes more sense to me for this specific instance.

The company isn't suing Glassdoor - they're a NZ company presumably suing a NZ individual who posted anonymously.

The NZ company issued a subpoena to Glassdoor to produce information necessary for discovery for a NZ lawsuit which an American court upheld.

They have offices in NZ, they are owned by a HK based entity.

We don't have a right to privacy in the US either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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