Kashmir Hill writes: A trip to Best Buy to get his computer fixed led to a 10-year prison sentence for Alabama resident Corey Beantee Melton. In 2005, Melton sought the help of Best Buy’s Geek Squad because he was having trouble connecting to the Internet. Their initial assessment indicated the problem was originating from Melton’s…
Category: Court
Romano and Facebook: Muddling Toward the Law of Privacy on Social Networks
David K. Isom writes: Those of us who watch the development of the law of electronic discovery, information security and privacy usually have nothing better to do on a Saturday night (except last Saturday when we saw the movie “The Social Network”) than kibitz about how information on Facebook and other social networks is impacting…
‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ enforcement struck down by judge
Ed O’Keefe reports: A California federal judge has issued an injunction stopping the military from enforcing its “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in uniform. U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips ruled Tuesday that the policy “infringes the fundamental rights” of military service members and prospective service members and…
Lower Merion School District and Blake Robbins Reach a Settlement in Spycamgate
Over on Forbes, Kashmir Hill discusses the settlement in the Lower Merion webcam civil suits that have been discussed on this site previously. As reported last night, the two civil suits settled for $610k, with the lawyer getting the bulk of the settlement, presumably to cover all his time in court seeking an injunction, payment…