A man claims Jimmy Kimmel invaded his privacy by broadcasting a doctored video that Kimmel claimed was an interview with a rabbi. Daniel Sondik says he was made “a laughingstock” in the segment, in which Kimmel presented him as a Rabbi Pinto, who supposedly had given advice to Kimmel and to NBA star LeBron James….
Category: Court
Illinois Woman Pleads Guilty to Illegally Accessing Confidential Student Loan Files
Another snooping case: An Illinois woman pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential student loan files, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced. Charlotte M. Robinson, 46, of Dolton, Ill., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan E. Cox in the Northern District of Illinois to a one-count criminal information…
Govt violated Warshak’s 4th Amdt rights, but evidence admissible because of “good faith” reliance on SCA – 6th Circuit (Update2)
Via Howard Bashman of How Appealing: Email privacy, on appeal: A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit today issued a very lengthy decision on the latest round of appeals in the case captioned United States v. Warshak. I haven’t had time to wade through the whole opinion yet, so here’s the court’s summary…
Alaska judge upholds parental notification abortion law
Jaclyn Belczyk of JURIST brings us the bad news: An Alaskan Superior Court judge on Monday refused to block a law requiring parental notification for women under the age of 18 to have an abortion, allowing the law to take effect Tuesday. Read more on JURIST.