Jennifer Granick of the Electronic Frontier Foundation provides some legal analysis of recent court decisions involving stored email communications. Last week, two new district court opinions took opposing views on the question of whether the Fourth Amendment protects stored email. One of the cases easily adopted the prevailing view that the Constitution protects electronic communications,…
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As Congress Considers State Secrets Reform, Obama Admin Tries to Shut Down Yet Another Warrantless Wiretapping Lawsuit
Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation comments on the Obama administration’s recent filing in Shubert v. Bush. Attorney General Holder’s public statement about the reason for their position was reported here. Bankston writes: In a Court filing late Friday night, the Obama Administration attempted to dress up in new clothes its embrace of one…
Law Professor Sues Above the Law Blog, Alleging ‘Viciously Racist Series of Rants’
Karen Sloan reports: It’s the kind of story that tends to get big play on the legal blog Above the Law: A prominent University of Miami School of Law professor and civil rights advocate arrested on suspicion of soliciting an undercover officer for sex. The blog had plenty of fun with the story in October…
Ashley Cole privacy payout
Brendan Abbot reports: Ashley Cole has settled out of court in what would have been a landmark £200,000 privacy case over his alleged affairs. The Chelsea star, 28, brought action against The Sun and Mirror Group Newspapers in April 2008 for invasion of privacy. Ashley was seeking a reported £200,000 in damages over kiss-and-tell stories….