Accused software giant of MFA error that rendered work address useless
The New Jersey attorney who sued Microsoft for $1.75 million claiming verification gremlins had cut him off from his paid work email filed for voluntary dismissal on Friday.back in June that the snafu had cut him off from judges and clients, meaning he couldn't tackle his caseload, and opened him up to the risk of being accused of serious ethical violations.[PDF] of the case at the New York federal court last week, just over three months after filing the original complaint.
The attorney had asked for $1.75 million in the suit – $750,000 in damages and $1 million in punitive damages, accusing Microsoft of both breach of contract and"tortious business dealings" for"wantonly delaying the simple remedy of aiding one single email access." The original allegation was that Schlachter lost access to his Microsoft business email account on May 10 this year, but that the software giant failed to extricate him from a verification loop that was preventing him from getting into his account, which the filing said he paid for via a monthly subscription.
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