Carlos Illescas reports that The Denver Post, Associated Press and New York Times failed in their attempt to get a court to unseal documents in a criminal case involving sexual assault charges against Denver Broncos athlete Perrish Cox. The judge’s decision seems to indicate that she felt it would not be fair to the defendant…
Category: Court
CA: Judge throws fuel on battle over officer privacy
Ali Winston reports: In the last few days of 2010, a Los Angeles judge issued a critical opinion in the ongoing struggle over privacy between law enforcement unions and civil liberties advocates. On December 30, Judge Joseph Di Loreto barred the release of the names of Long Beach Police Department officers in response to a Public…
A Big Victory for the Little Guy: PIPEDA protects judgment debtor’s right to privacy
Antonin I. Pribetic writes: Today’s Court of Appeal for Ontario judgment in Citi Cards Canada Inc. v. Pleasance, 2011 ONCA 3 (Ont. C.A.) is an important victory for judgment debtors and upholds debtor privacy rights under Ontario’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, S.C. 2000, c. 5, (“PIPEDA”). The appeal dealt with the issue of whether a judgment…
Nursing student wins Facebook placenta photo case against JCCC
Matt Campbell reports: Doyle Byrnes has every intention of resuming her nursing studies after a federal judge overturned her dismissal from the program for posting a photo of a human placenta on Facebook. The judge on Thursday shot down every argument, legal and otherwise, that Johnson County Community College had used to justify its ousting…