Tom Alex reports: The person who allegedly installed a camera in a women’s restroom at the Dahl’s Food Store at 3400 E. 33rd St., has been charged with invasion of privacy. Police identified the suspect this morning as Michael Dean Safris, 44, of Newton. He was an employee of Dahl’s at the time of his…
Category: Court
Oak Ridge doctor defends cavity search in trial of man whom he paralyzed for exam
Jamie Satterfield reports: When it came to the extraordinary move to paralyze an Anderson County man to search his body for drugs, this doctor didn’t hesitate. “That exam was going to occur with or without his consent,” Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Dr. Michael LaPaglia testified Tuesday in U.S. District Court. Now, Felix Booker’s…
Es: Conflict between class action and protection
Berta Baz reports: The most appropriate model to reconcile collective action and data protection was that implemented by Ausbanc with the class-action suit against Telefonica Extremadura. A Madrid court has caused a dispute over the settlement of a collective action to protect the personal data of customers. This court ordered BBVA President Francisco González to…
Federal Judge Blasts NYPD Snoops for Filing ‘Meaningless Litigation’
Adam Klasfeld reports on a case that started with my generation and continues and continues and continues…. A federal judge denied the New York City Police Department’s attempt to dismiss a landmark 1971 class action limiting its surveillance of private citizens. And, in the case originally brought by Abbie Hoffman, Senior U.S. District Judge Charles…