Worried about your privacy online? So is a woman from Texas, who’s suing Facebook and Blockbuster for posting too much information about her online. Cathryn Harris found out after the fact that Facebook added a note every time she rented a movie from Blockbuster — a note that contained her full name and the name…
Category: Court
Prof. Donald Jones’ Lawsuit Against Above The Law
Eugene Volokh comments on a case (previously reported here) that has drawn a lot of attention in the blawgosphere: Orin blogged about this below, linking to Ben Sheffner’s analysis at Copyrights & Campaigns. I agree with Sheffner that the lawsuit (see the Complaint) is a loser. In part, it’s even downright frivolous: 1. The false…
DOJ Settles Former Drug Agent’s Suit for $3 million
The federal government has agreed to settle for $3 million a long-running suit in federal district court in Washington that alleged a former CIA officer and a State Department official unlawfully eavesdropped on a drug enforcement agent in Burma. The terms of the agreement were detailed in court papers filed Tuesday night in the U.S….
WI: State Supreme Court hears arguments on gay marriage amendment
Patrick Marley reports: The state’s ban on gay marriage should be tossed aside because lawmakers did not take the right steps to amend the Wisconsin Constitution, a lawyer argued Tuesday before the state Supreme Court. Voters must be asked separately about every change proposed to the constitution, attorney Lester Pines argued. But in 2006 they…