Sam Ribakoff reports: A man who distributed bugged phones to Colombian drug traffickers and money launderers as part of a bizarre international FBI sting operation was sentenced to over five years in prison for racketeering and conspiracy in a San Diego federal courtroom. “Your honor, I want to say sorry to my family,” said Osemah…
Category: Court
Plaintiff Can’t Keep Medical Records Private in Malpractice Case
Allie Reed reports: A nineteen-year-old patient who claims physicians mishandled her treatment for appendicitis can’t pursue her lawsuit without divulging her medical records in open court, the Massachusetts Appeals Court held Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind ruling. “Although the plaintiff has an interest in the privacy of her medical information, the defendants also have an interest…
Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data
Jon Brodkin reports: Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are continuing their fight against fines for selling user location data, with two of the big three carriers submitting new court briefs arguing that the Federal Communications Commission can’t punish them. A Verizon brief filed on November 4 and an AT&T brief on November 1 contest the legal basis for the FCC fines…
Medical worker who leaked Ginsburg’s health data and tried to blame his cats gets two years in prison
Salvador Rizzo reports: A former medical worker who was convicted of illegally accessing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s hospital records as she underwent cancer treatment in 2019 was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison after a judge excoriated his “truly despicable conduct” and “stunning lack of empathy.” Trent J. Russell admitted he was active on 4chan, an…