As a follow-up to a case previously described here, Ameet Sachdev of the Chicago Tribune reports that the same judge who awarded Kathy Lawlor $1.8 million when she sued her former employer, North American Corp. of Illinois for invasion of privacy found for the company in its separate lawsuit against her for anti-competitive conduct: Judge…
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No reasonable expectation of privacy if you use a stolen ID
In U.S. v. Eric Dustin Johnson, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals took up the issue of “whether an individual can have a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in a storage unit rented with a stolen identity.” From the court opinion: During a search of a storage unit that Defendant-Appellant Eric Johnson’s girlfriend had rented in…
Maine ruling due on privacy of anti-gay-marriage donors
David Hench reports: A federal judge will rule Wednesday on whether the state may require two national organizations that are working to repeal Maine’s gay-marriage law to disclose their contributors. The National Organization for Marriage and American Principles in Action have challenged the state campaign finance laws that apply to ballot question committees, arguing that…
Socialite Charged with Hacking Voice Mail
Most of us carry a cell phone to stay in touch. But, as CBS News Science and Technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg reports, you might be surprised to learn just how easy it is to violate your privacy or even trick you. A high-profile publicist is accused of hacking into the voice mail of some other…