John P. Martin reports: The Lower Merion School District argued Friday that the district’s insurer should pay what could be a million-dollar tab to resolve a lawsuit over its now-disabled laptop tracking program. In a counterclaim filed in federal court, attorneys for the district also accused Graphics Arts Mutual Insurance of New York of breaching…
Category: Court
Web photos of woman with HIV prompt lawsuit
Eric Frazier reports: An HIV-positive Union County woman let a drug company take pictures of her for an HIV patients’ magazine, but was shocked to later find the pictures and details about her situation had been published on the Internet – without her permission, she says. The woman filed suit in federal court in Charlotte…
Oregon Supreme Court ruling generates concerns over privacy rights
Rachel Cheeseman reports: The Oregon State Supreme Court ruled that a warrantless search by police officers of two bags left in a hotel room did not violate the privacy rights of Sheena Brown under the Oregon or the United States Constitutions. Deputy public defender, Dave Ferry, defended Brown in the case arguing that the evidence…
Border searches of laptops may be conducted off-site for cause, court rules
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: In recent cases, U.S. courts have supported the government’s right to search the contents of computers and other electronic devices carried by travelers arriving at U.S borders. A federal court in Michigan this week added that if such a search could not be performed at the border, the government has the right…