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Tag Archives: Fourth Amendment
Apple again at center of debate over Reporter’s Shield Protection for bloggers
Four years ago, I was part of a legal team that represented a group of bloggers that filed a friend of the court brief in O’Grady v. Superior Court, a legal proceeding that tested, among other things, whether bloggers were … Continue reading
Judge finds Bush Administration illegally wiretapped phone conversation between Islamic charity and lawyers
The Contra Costa Times reports: A federal judge ruled Wednesday that government investigators illegally wiretapped the phone conversations of an Islamic charity and two American lawyers without a search warrant. U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker said the plaintiffs have … Continue reading
Getting a Facebook Poke from the FBI
The Associated Press reports: The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too. US law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with … Continue reading
United States v. Gonzalez
Via Ninth Circuit Blog comes a recent order from the Ninth Circuit denying rehearing in United States v. Gonzalez concerning the application of a new search and seizure decision by the United States Supreme Court. In one corner, we have … Continue reading
Sunday Legal News Round Up
Notable legal news and views from around the legal world: The Electronic Frontier Foundation has appealed the dismissal of a lawsuit that the EFF filed on behalf of AT&T customers who were subjected to warrantless wiretapping by the NSA. Read … Continue reading
Hearings held over U.S. policy of warrantless border search and seizure of laptops
Yahoo! Tech reports: Miffed that, if you return home from travel overseas, U.S. Customs can decide to search, and even seize, all the files on your computer, your camera, and even your cell phone? So is Senator Russ Feingold, who … Continue reading
Former detainee sues U.S. military contractors
Fox Business News reports: New torture claims have been leveled at two U.S. military contractors by a former Abu Ghraib “ghost” detainee who was wrongly imprisoned and later released without charge, according to a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles … Continue reading
Supreme Court Dodges Review of Terrorist Surveillance Program
The AP reports: The Supreme Court dealt a setback Tuesday to civil rights and privacy advocates who oppose the Bush administrations warrantless wiretapping program. The justices, without comment, turned down an appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union to let … Continue reading
EFF sues Homeland Security over searches of travelers’ laptops and other invasions of privacy
PC World reports: Two civil liberties groups have filed a lawsuit in a federal court in California in response to complaints from travelers of excessive screenings at border-entry points, including inspections of the data on laptops, cell phones and other … Continue reading
Federal law enforcement routinely seeking real time cellphone data to track targets
The Washington Post reports: Federal officials are routinely asking courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data so they can pinpoint the whereabouts of drug traffickers, fugitives and other criminal suspects, according to judges and industry lawyers. In … Continue reading
