From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed a “friend of the court” brief”, urging the New Jersey Supreme Court preserve the value of expungement and allow a privacy case to go forward. In G.D. v. Kenny, a New Jersey court dismissed a privacy claim involving publication of information about a prior criminal act, even though the state…
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Spy-cam suit family drops plan for class-action damages
John P. Martin reports: The Penn Valley family whose lawsuit against the Lower Merion School District launched a firestorm over the district’s use of webcams to track student laptops has dropped its plans to seek class-action damages. In court filings made public Wednesday, the lawyer for Harriton High School sophomore Blake Robbins and his parents…
EFF Demands Records on PATRIOT Act Effectiveness, Lawfulness, and Misuse
Lawsuit Seeks Information on Three Controversial Surveillance Provisions in Advance of Congressional Debate The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit today against the Department of Justice (DOJ), demanding records on three controversial PATRIOT Act surveillance provisions that expire early next year unless Congress renews them. EFF is seeking the immediate release of Federal Bureau of…
Articles of note
The May issue of the Minnesota Law Review has the papers from a 2009 symposium on cyberspace and the law. Here are some of the articles in this issue, courtesy of Concurring Opinions: Jane E. Kirtley, Mask, Shield, and Sword: Should the Journalist’s Privilege Protect the Identity of Anonymous Posters to News Media Websites?, 94…