Over on The Volokh Conspiracy, Orin Kerr blogs about oral arguments in a case before the Third Circuit in which the government wants cell phone location data to be made available to it without any warrant: The Third Circuit held oral argument today in the case on the legal standard for historical cell-site information. I…
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IL: Kane County judge dismisses ID theft case
Josh Stockinger reports: A Kane County judge dismissed identity theft charges against an Aurora woman this week after her attorney argued the state statute under which she was charged is unconstitutional. Claudia G. Madrigal, 33, had been accused of using her position at a Batavia insurance company to access another woman’s personal information in January…
E.W. Scripps Co. joins text privacy case before Supreme Court
Damon Arthur reports: The E.W. Scripps Co., parent company of the Record Searchlight, has joined other news organizations in filing a brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could have implications on the public’s right to access government records. Lawyers for E.W. Scripps and several other news agencies filed the “friend of…
Prosecutors: ESPN reporter Erin Andrews’ stalker taped 16 other women, ran background checks
The Associated Press reports that prosecutors claims that sportscaster Erin Andrew’s stalker also breached other individuals’ privacy: The man who stalked ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and shot nude videos of her through a hotel room peephole videotaped 16 other women and ran background checks on 30 people, including female sports reporters and TV personalities, according…