A Premier League footballer is set to be unmasked by the senior High Court judge who lifted the super injunction banning the naming of England and Chelsea star John Terry. Mr Justice Tugendhat ruled today that the player, who claimed his human ‘right to privacy’ would be breached if he was named, should be named….
Category: Court
Rutgers suicide case poses test for NJ privacy law
I was somewhat surprised that I hadn’t seen more media coverage here of a recent statement by the attorney for one of the two Rutgers students charged in Tyler Clementi’s suicide that the video had not been streamed or viewed by others. After all, if they did not stream the video, that could knock…
CA: Part of Jessica’s Law ruled unconstitutional
Andrew Blankstein reports: California corrections officials this week stopped enforcing portions of Jessica’s Law in Los Angeles County after a judge ruled that the 2006 statute restricting how close sex offenders can live to parks or schools is unconstitutional. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza concluded that the controversial measure left sex offenders…
Federal Judge Finds Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Unconstitutional
The ACLU blogs about a court opinion mentioned previously on this blog. The opinion is now available online and I expect that EFF will also have something to say about this case: In August, we blogged about a court decision from the federal court in the Eastern District of New York that held that law…