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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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