School Children and Parolees: Not So Special Anymore Edwin Butterfoss Hamline University School of Law Mississippi Law Journal, Forthcoming Abstract: The Fourth Amendment special needs exception may be one of the Court’s most puzzling doctrines. Since its origin, the Court has struggled to define its limits and its place in the Court’s suspicionless search and…
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EU: MGN v United Kingdom, judgment tomorrow
The ECHR is set to issue its ruling tomorrow on a high-profile press freedom v. privacy case that could have significant impact. Inforrm’s Blog reports: At 10.00am, Strasbourg time tomorrow 18 January 2011, the Court of Human Rights will give a written judgment on an application brought by MGN Limited against the United Kingdom. This…
File-sharing Cases – ACS:Law Fails to Appear in Court After Trying to Drop Lawsuits, While France Moves Forward with Warnings
enigmax writes: Today a judge-ordered hearing took place in the Patents Court to decide how to handle all cases filed by ACS:Law against alleged file-sharers. Despite claims by the law firm that they have no fears of going to court, last week all the cases were dropped and today, supported by claims of “an unfortunate…
Court to Consider Constitutionality of Personality Rights Statute
One type of privacy claim is the right of publicity. In some states, the right of publicity survives death, as noted in a recent blog post on Copylaw about a case involving Einstein costumes. Now Michael Atkins reports on a case in Washington State: Tomorrow Western District Judge Thomas Zilly will consider the constitutionality of RCW…