Lee Tien of EFF comments on the recent Ninth Circuit revised opinion in United States v. Comprehensive Drug Testing (the BALCO decision). The general public will remember the case as the one in which the government swooped in and grabbed everything that wasn’t nailed done in searching for evidence that 10 major league baseball players…
Category: Court
Company Not Responsible for Harassive Comments by Coworker on Personal Facebook Page
Eric Goldman blogs about Amira Jabbar v. Travel Services: Plaintiff brought a hostile work environment claim against her employer. Plaintiff alleged, among other things, that the employer failed to properly investigate derogatory comments made on Facebook. […] The court rejects plaintiff’s claims on summary judgment. With respect to the Facebook comment, the court finds that…
9th Circuit rules DNA testing can be required before release on bail
Denny Walsh writes: In the first decision of its kind in the nation, an appellate court has ruled in a Sacramento case that DNA testing is a legitimate condition of release on bail for a federal defendant not yet convicted. Before a federal felony can be charged, there must be probable cause to believe a…
When a flamewar tactic is criminalized: the Ralph Golb trial begins
Jennifer Peltz of Associated Press reports that Raphael Golb’s trial has started in New York. I’ve covered the case on PogoWasRight.org in the past (here, here). What’s unusual about it is that the defendant is charged criminally with online harassment, impersonation, and identity theft for what most of us are used to just writing off…