Amy Lynn Sorrel reports: Patient privacy is no doubt paramount in any physician practice. But when a subpoena suddenly is thrust into the physician-patient relationship, doctors may find themselves caught between the law and their privacy obligations. The Cleveland Clinic in Ohio found itself in such a predicament when it agreed to turn over a…
Category: Court
Can We Rely on Privacy Policies?
Dan Solove introduces an invited article on Concurring Opinions: With the recent case of Saffold v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co., involving a newspaper website that outed an anonymous commenter who was a judge, we invited Woodrow Hartzog to write a post about these issues. Woodrow is the author of a terrific article about the enforceability…
EPIC Urges Federal Court to Protect Individuals from Wiretap Abuse
From EPIC: EPIC filed a “friend of the court” brief, urging a federal appeals court to protect the privacy of innocent individuals who were inadvertently recorded on federal wiretaps. In SEC v. Rajaratnam, a trial court judge ordered disclosure of all wiretaps conducted in a criminal investigation, even though a court has yet to rule…
CAAF: No general exception to Fourth Amendment in living quarters in combat zone
From FourthAmendment.com: The Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces held today there is no general Fourth Amendment exception to military quarters in a combat zone. The court declined to rely on the military judge’s alternate ruling “that Appellant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his living quarters.” Under the facts of this case,…