Hi

Just interested to get the views of you guys in the US on the following scenario

One of my UK clients opened an office in NY in the offices of a business associate. The business associate (lets call him BA) paid for a server for my client to use

My client decided that he wanted to move premises and to sever the ties with BA - it got very bitter and there was a dispute about the amount my client owed BA although there was every sign that it could be resolved if the 2 could sit down and talk it through

BA decided to be difficult and witheld the server and with it the information contained on it - whilst there was never any dispute about BA's right to withold the server, what is your view of the legality of refusing to allow my client to remove his data?

Thanks

Colin