Andy Serwin writes: While anonymous subpoenas regarding anonymous speech receive certain protections, in the peer-to-peer context courts apply a different standard.The main case on point involves Sony, and the Sony test has been expressed as requiring: (1) a concrete showing of a prima facie claim of actionable harm, (2) specificity of the discovery request, (3)…
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Spanish agency sues Google over Street View
It would be much appreciated if Google and Facebook took turns getting sued. Like maybe alternate weeks, if not months? And try to batch them by type of violation, if possible? Is that really too much to ask? AFP reports: Spain’s data protection authority said Monday it has filed a suit against Google for allegedly…
Ex-Inmate Sues Women for Watching His Urine Tests
Matthew Heller writes: An unusual civil rights lawsuit pits a Pennsylvania man against female employees of a halfway house who allegedly “humiliated and embarrassed” him by forcing him to urinate in front of them for drug tests. Jason Zullinger’s allegations of urine test trauma appear to be more severe than any in case law. Not…
Supreme Court to Hear Post-9/11 Roundup Case
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide if former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft can be sued for wrongfully detaining people as witnesses after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The high court said it will take up Ashcroft’s appeal of the 9th Circuit’sruling last September allowing University of Idaho student Abdullah al-Kidd to sue…