David Fraser writes: A friend just provided me with a copy of a recent decision of the Ontario Court of Justice considering the admissibility of information obtained without a warrant from the suspect’s internet service provider, Bell. R. v. Cuttell is not on CanLii yet, but I’ve put a copy here. The Court concluded there…
Category: Court
Suit alleging wiretaps, surveillance heard–again
Mike Scarcella reports: A Latham & Watkins associate this week was back in court fighting to salvage a suit alleging the government unlawfully wiretapped and watched a man after he made a passing remark about airline security on the telephone. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit earlier this year had ruled in…
UPDATE: Govt. files emergency motion to delay release of FOIA documents
Marcia Hoffman writes: A couple weeks ago we told you about a victory in our long-running Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation for documents detailing telecommunications carriers’ lobbying efforts to get off the hook for their role in the government’s warrantless electronic surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans. On September 24, a federal judge ordered…
McKinnon refused extradition appeal
Computer hacker Gary McKinnon has been refused permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against his extradition to the US. The High Court ruled the case was not of “general public importance” to go to the UK’s highest court. Glasgow-born Mr McKinnon, 43, of Wood Green, London, is accused of breaking into the US’s…