Rachel Cheeseman reports: The Oregon State Supreme Court ruled that warrantless searches of students in public schools by officials need only “reasonable suspicion” rather than “probable cause,” making it easier for school officials to search property of students. The opinion of the Court, released June 10, stated that the Article I Section 9 rights of…
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$11.7m judgment against Spamhaus slashed to $27,000
Dan Goodin reports the latest development in a long-running lawsuit involving anti-spam organization Spamhaus and the company that sued them, e360 Insight: A federal judge has handed a major victory to anti-spam crusaders Spamhaus, slashing an $11.7m verdict to just $27,002. US Judge Charles P. Kocoras of the Eastern District of Illinois said the plaintiffs,…
Is e-mailing a commenter an invasion of privacy or acceptable blogger behavior?
Like many blogs, this one uses a WordPress platform. And like many bloggers using WordPress, I’ve configured it so that when someone tries to submit a comment, I get the submission by e-mail from the blog and can then decide whether to approve it, delete it, or spam it. But can I then argue that…
Your Panties Are Not Safe: The Scoop on Underwear DNA Tests
avflox has an interesting blog entry that includes opinions of several lawyers on the issue of whether having your spouse’s underwear tested for evidence of cheating violates any laws on privacy. And of course, being lawyers, some get somewhat creative in advancing the idea of property torts vs. privacy torts, etc. …. an e-mail stumbled…