Talk:Marc Rotenberg
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[edit]It appears a single user has made extensive and generally unsourced contributions (often at a level of detail that only the subject would readily know) to this article, and no others: Special:Contributions/66.44.24.61
Given the likelihood that these and other similar edits were made by the subject, I have added the COI banner. 87.120.102.202 (talk) 03:54, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
Restoring sourced coverage of EPIC departure and subsequent litigation
[edit]I would like to restore a brief, properly sourced account of Rotenberg's departure from EPIC and his subsequent litigation against Politico and Protocol. This coverage appeared in the February 4, 2026 version, but was removed during subsequent edits. The current Career section describes his departure through the board's appreciation of his work and a leadership transition, without the circumstances reported at the time or the subsequent litigation.
The relevant changes are:
- June 24: removed the paragraph about the reported circumstances of his departure and most of the litigation account. Some citations initially remained attached to other text.
- July 7: introduced the current leadership-transition description as part of a broader rewrite.
- July 14: replaced the remaining Politico citation with a 1999 New York Times article about EPIC.
The sources remain available. Politico's April 21, 2020 report describes his departure following Protocol's reporting that he continued going to the office after a doctor directed him to take a coronavirus test. It includes Rotenberg's response that the departure announcement surprised him and says EPIC did not provide further reasons.
Eugene Volokh's March 9, 2023 article reports that the federal lawsuit against Politico and Protocol was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Could uninvolved editors review restoring a concise account of this coverage under WP:BLP and WP:DUE? Any restored passage should attribute disputed reporting, include the relevant published response, and make clear that the court's dismissal was jurisdictional rather than a ruling on the truth of the reporting. My concern is that omitting this coverage leaves the present account incomplete. The exact wording and amount of detail can be agreed here.~2026-50366-79 (talk) 03:55, 18 September 2026 (UTC)