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Issues with asking if legal action have been taken?
<p>I was working for a forum and have since left. To cut a long story short, I have an intrusive thought all day every day that he's going to take legal action against me, since we had a data breach(I've informed him since, he was understanding). I have little reason to believe this, other than that he may be dishonest and lie about me, but honestly it's wearing me down. So I have 2 questions:</p>
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<li>May I ask him if he's taking legal action, be it criminal/civil? Is there anything wrong with this, I just want to understand my options. Moreover, does he have to be honest with his response?</li>
<li>May I ask him for an honest statement regarding my role and what my duties were whilst I worked there? Or could this be considered interfering with an investigation? Would this be impacted by the answer to number 1?</li>
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<p>They don't owe you a thing, and could ignore or lie to you.</p>
<p>To file a lawsuit against you, they must <strong>Serve</strong> you.  Read up on what legal service is - you probably will notice if it happens! (though things can get a little weird if you have a PMB or Registered Agent for your LLC etc - they can serve the PMB/Agent, who may fail to notify you!)</p>
<p>You can also check court records every week or two, to see if a case has appeared.</p>
<p>Now... who is your lawyer? If you have one and they know who your lawyer is, they're absolutely going to serve your lawyer; it would be negligent for them not to, and your lawyer will make them regret it.  So it could be as simple as sending  them a change of address: <em>Hi, I'm sending this note to everyone I've done business with in the past.  FYI, my new address is X, my phone is Y, email is Z, and my attorney is A</em>.</p>
