The American Bar Association filed suit today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Trade Commission, seeking an injunction to block the application of the so-called Red Flags Rule to practicing lawyers. As the BLT previously reported, the bar association has been lobbying for months to exempt lawyers from…
Category: Breaches
Privacy concerns raised about RECAP
Okay, I am definitely late to the game on this one, but there has apparently been a lot of discussion and concern about the new RECAP system introduced by Princeton University. Because it costs 8 cents per page to download court documents through the PACER system, a little browser plugin called RECAP allows downloaded files…
And then there were 6
The Associated Press reports that a sixth former State Department employee has pleaded guilty to snooping celebrity passports. Karal Busch admitted that she looked at the passport applications of more than 64 people out of curiosity. Earlier this week Kevin M. Young also pleaded guilty to unauthorized access.
Criminal justice student mistakenly jailed after ID theft
Loyola University criminal justice student Darrius Whitehorn got an unwelcome lesson in the workings of the legal system by spending a week behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. The Englewood native’s ordeal began Aug. 17 when Chicago Police officers approached him and his roommate in a park near Lake Shore Drive and Chicago…