A writer who parted ways with a former employer took — with the employer’s permission, he says — the company Twitter account with him. The New York Times tells the story of Noah Kravitz:

And so he began writing as NoahKravitz, keeping all his followers under that new handle. But eight months after Mr. Kravitz left the company, PhoneDog sued, saying the Twitter list was a customer list, and seeking damages of $2.50 a month per follower for eight months, for a total of $340,000.