Orin Kerr was on C-SPAN talking about the upcoming SCOTUS arguments in Kentucky v. King and Fourth Amendment Rights: You can read the comments on The Volokh Conspiracy. H/T, FourthAmendment.com
Category: Court
Court: Tucows doesn’t have to reveal name of user of privacy service
O’Raghallaigh of Managing Intellectual Property notes that the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling in Balsam v. Tucows holding that Tucows was not obliged to reveal the identity of one of their registrants who used the firm’s Angeles privacy protection service. Balsam had sought the identity of the individual who…
Our View: Court hangs up on Fourth Amendment
An editorial in the Appeal- Democrat addresses the Ninth Circuit decision in Diaz: The California Supreme Court has expanded law enforcement authority at the expense of privacy and personal liberty by allowing police to confiscate and search cell phones of people they arrest without first obtaining a search warrant. In a 5-2 decision Jan. 3,…
News of the World phone hacking: now Paul Gascoigne is ready to sue
Jamie Doward and Jenny Stevens report: Paul Gascoigne, the former England footballer, is to become the latest celebrity to sue the News of the World, alleging that he was a victim of the phone-hacking scandal that has rocked Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. His solicitor, Gerald Shamash, confirmed today that proceedings would be issued within days….