Ken Strutin writes: Social media is engaging masses of people in unprecedented ways. At the same time, the diversity of social networking applications has permeated and extended the range of legal investigation, discovery and litigation. As human activity is played out and recorded online, the laws governing cyber-behavior, privacy and discovery continue to evolve. And…
Category: Court
Personal Privacy and the Right to Know – Editorial
This editorial about the case before the Supreme Court on whether corporations have the same privacy right as individuals with respect to Freedom of Information law appeared in yesterday’s New York Times: For 45 years, the Freedom of Information of Act has invigorated American democracy by obliging the executive branch to make public a splendid…
Is a judge’s order an end-run around the Stored Communications Act and the Fourth Amendment?
Yesterday I posted a news story by Andy Furillo that appeared in the Sacramento Bee. A judge’s order concerning a juror’s Facebook posts had left me with a “gut” reaction that something was not right with the order. The text of the order itself does not seem to be available online. Furillo explains: The Facebook…
Juror ordered to turn over Facebook postings in Sacramento gang beating case
Andy Furillo reports that a juror’s Facebook postings during a trial have become the subject of a court order. The defense attorneys want to see if anything the juror posted indicates bias or impropriety – including being influenced by others. The Facebook fight under way in a Sacramento courtroom pivoted into new territory Friday when…