Peggy Wright reports: A person cannot have an expectation of privacy if his or her criminal record has been expunged but then publicly made known if the disseminated information is accurate, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously today. The state’s highest court dismissed a libel and defamation lawsuit that a former political aide referred to…
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Cal.6th: There is a federal constitutional right of privacy in medical and psychiatric records
From FourthAmendment.com: There is a Griswold constitutional right of privacy in medical and psychiatric records which can only be disclosed when there is a compelling state interest, which the court finds here in a SVP [Sexually Violent Predator] case. People v. Gonzales, 2011 Cal. App. LEXIS 91 (6th Dist. January 27, 2011) Read more on FourthAmendment.com. From…
Case Law: JIH v News Group Newspapers, anonymity regained
Edward Craven writes: The Court of Appeal today handed down judgment in the case of JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd ([2011] EWCA 42). In allowing the appeal against the order of Tugendhat J ([2010] EWHC 2818 (QB)) the Court ordered that the claimant’s anonymity should be restored. Although the Court stressed that each decision is…
Roseanne Barr sues ex-husband over revealing court filing
Roseanne Barr has filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband Ben Thomas. According to the coverage on RadarOnline, Thomas included some of her personal emails in a court filing several months ago concerning custody arrangements. Barr is not suing him for what the court filing includes or says, but for not filing the papers under seal…