Kevin Rawlinson reports: It could spell the end of the kiss and tell: public figures might, within 18 months, have the power to stifle bad news stories before they are published, a senior lawyer has warned. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is currently fast-tracking a landmark case, brought by Max Mosley, to tighten…
Category: Court
On Fourth Amendment Privacy: Everybody’s Wrong
Jim Harper of the Cato Institute writes: Everybody’s wrong. That’s sort of the message I was putting out when I wrote my 2008 American University Law Review law review article entitled “Reforming Fourth Amendment Privacy Doctrine.” A lot of people have poured a lot of effort into the “reasonable expectation of privacy” formulation Justice Harlan wrote about…
Tennessee Supreme Court to Hear Right to Privacy Issue
The Baker Associates blog discusses a case coming before the Tennessee Supreme Court: …. The right to privacy, however, does have some limitations. One of those limitations is that the right does not exist where the person has no reasonable expectation of privacy. There can be a plethora of reasons for why a person may…
Fla. Woman Sues 50 Cent in NYC Over Her Sex Video
The Associated Press reports that Lastonia Leviston has sued rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) in New York City for allegedly editing a sex video she made in 2008 and uploading it to his web site. The lawsuit reportedly claims unauthorized use of her name or image and emotional distress caused by the public release of…