This upcoming case has been discussed on this site before, but Janet I. Tu of the Seattle Times has a nice overview of the case for those who are not already familiar with the issues: The U.S. Supreme Court this week will hear a Washington state case that could decide whether signing a petition for…
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Data Redaction: You’re Doing it Wrong
John Bambenek writes: PDF files are a common way to distribute documents on the Internet and even are used for distributing documents with redacted (removed) content. However, when you distribute redacted documents make sure that the data you don’t want out there isn’t, in fact, still in the file. Case in point, take the upcoming…
MD court: Police may use trash to get a suspect’s DNA
Scott Daugherty reports: Police may sift through a suspect’s trash, collect a genetic sample and send it off for DNA testing without a warrant, the state’s highest court ruled last week in upholding a 2007 county rape conviction. The 5-2 opinion by the state’s Court of Appeals – which was issued Thursday in Annapolis –…
Media lawyers not warm on climate scientist’s lawsuit
Tracey Tyler reports: Media law experts say a libel lawsuit filed by a leading Canadian climate scientist could have enormous implications for newspapers and other online publishers, forcing them to police the Internet for stories picked up by everyone from bloggers to Twitterers. The concerns arise out of a statement of claim filed by Andrew…