Suzanne Ashe reports: A federal judge ordered Utah county clerks to keep confidential the names signed electronically on petitions for a “Government Ethics Reform” initiative. Utahns for Ethical Government sued all the county clerks in Utah, claiming it needs the electronic signatures to qualify its initiative for the ballot, but many signers do not want…
Category: Court
UK: Sex offenders win right to challenge lifetime place on sex offenders register
Richard Ford reports: Two sex offenders today won the right to challenge their lifetime inclusion on the sex offender register after complaining that it breached their human rights. The ruling in the Supreme Court opens the way for hundreds of other sex offenders placed on the register for life to seek to have their details…
Irish Mail beats first gag bid under new defamation act
PA Media Lawyer reports: The Irish Mail on Sunday has beaten an attempt to gag it from reporting allegations that a charity founder made inappropriate sexual advances to males in Kenya. Michael Meegan had sought a non-publication order from the High Court in Dublin under Ireland’s new Defamation Act. Meegan, who holds a British passport,…
Webcamgate: Filing states student broke rules and had no expectation of privacy
Derrick Nunnally reports that the Lower Merion School District IT coordinator is firing back against Harriton High School sophomore Blake Robbins’ lawsuit. Even in his own home, the Harriton High School sophomore had “no legitimate expectation of privacy” from the camera on his school-issued laptop, information systems coordinator Carol Cafiero contended in a court filing…