Dan Michaluk writes On May 3rd, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a motion for an injunction to restrain a departing investment advisor from soliciting his former clients. It is notable because plaintiff counsel claimed it would suffer irreparable harm to its reputation because the defendant’s use of its customer list would place it…
Category: Court
Judge unseals affidavit in iPhone prototype case (update 1)
Joshua Melvin reports: A judge this morning agreed to make public the justification for raiding the home of a tech-site writer at the heart of the iPhone prototype case. San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan said the basis for the warrant to search Gizmodo writer Jason Chen’s home should be released because some…
Lower Merion permanently banned from webcam monitoring (update 2)
John P. Martin reports: A federal judge Friday permanently barred the Lower Merion School District from using webcams or other intrusive technology to secretly monitor students through their school-issued laptops. The five-page injunction signed by U.S. District Judge Jan E. DuBois also requires the suburban district to adopt transparent and expansive policies by September to…
Do Computer Searches Distort the ‘Plain View’ Doctrine?
Leonard Deutchman writes: The “plain view” doctrine of the Fourth Amendment holds that law enforcement properly authorized to be in a certain area can lawfully search and seize evidence seen in plain view from that vantage point. It is seen as an “exception” to the Fourth Amendment because, under it, searches and seizures are authorized…