A federal judge today granted a Los Angeles company building an online “metaverse” permission to serve a copy of its lawsuit against its former chief marketing officer through the primary way it communicated with him in the past, through messages on the Discord and Telegram networks. .

In today’s ruling, US District Court Judge Indira Talwani agreed that XMod Industries had exhausted its attempts to find Dan Kennedy in person so that a human process server could serve him copies of the lawsuit. company, alleging fraud and misappropriation of company assets. and a Summons to Answer the Complaint, so you could simply email copies to him. Proof of delivery is a requirement for a claim to proceed in court.

The problem is what Kennedy did after XMod hired…