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…
Category: Court
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…
Data Privacy – Susan Freiwald and Kevin Bankston discuss ECPA
If you missed Susan Freiwald and Kevin Bankston discussing ECPA at CIS on January 24th, you can see it on YouTube, complete with Ryan Calo introducing them. CIS Speaker Series – Data Privacy – 1/24/2011 Does the Fourth Amendment protect the privacy of your webmail? Does the government have to get a search warrant before…