The New York Public Personnel Law blog reports that a sidebar to a New York Post story, “Bored of Ed. in Rubber Rooms,” named a NYC teacher and said that he had been charged with sexual misconduct. The employee had not been charged with sexual misconduct, however, and the paper published a retraction, but the…
Category: Court
Article: The Timely Demise of the Fourth Amendment Third Party Doctrine
Stephen E. Henderson of the Widener University School of Law has an article in a forthcoming issue of the Iowa Law Review, The Timely Demise of the Fourth Amendment Third Party Doctrine. Here’s the abstract: In what may be a slightly premature obituary, in this response to a forthcoming paper by Matthew Tokson I argue…
Article: The Case for Stewart Over Harlan on 24/7 Physical Surveillance
Afsheen John Radsan of the William Mitchell College of Law has an article in the Texas Law Review, (Vol. 88, No. 7, 2010), “The Case for Stewart Over Harlan on 24/7 Physical Surveillance.” Here’s the abstract: This Article explains why the government’s physical surveillance can reach a point in terms of duration and intensity that…
In: Stalker held for cellphone photo in privacy test case
A suspected stalker has been arrested for clicking a woman on his cellphone at the Netaji Bhawan Metro station, setting the stage for a test case dealing with privacy in public places in the age of ubiquitous digital gadgets. The accused, a 35-year-old mechanic living near Park Street, has been charged with “insulting the modesty…