Orin Kerr writes: The Reply Brief in the Court’s only major Fourth Amendment case this term, the text-messaging case City of Ontario v. Quon, has now been filed and is available here. Here are a few thoughts on it. (1) The parties focus significant attention on the Stored Communications Act, somewhat to my surprise. The Stored…
Category: Featured News
Does Attaching a Thumb Drive to a Shared Computer Waive Fourth Amendment Rights in its Contents?
Orin Kerr writes: “Yes,” says Judge Maurice Paul in United States v. Durdley, 2010 WL 916107 (N.D. Fla. 2010), handed down on March 11. I haven’t seen any cases quite like this, but I tend to think the decision is wrong. In this post, I wanted to explain the decision and then say why I…
Tagged.com gets slapped by San Francisco DA
Chris Rizo reports: The social network Tagged has agreed to pay San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris’s office $650,000 to settle claims that it sent millions of deceptive e-mail messages to consumers to build its membership. Harris, the Democratic frontrunner for California attorney general, announced the settlement with the owners of Tagged.com on Monday. The…
Milan judge: The Internet is not a lawless prairie
Philip Willan reports: A Milan judge Monday explained the reasoning behind his decision to convict three Google executives of violating Italy’s privacy law by allowing the posting of a controversial bullying video, saying the Internet is not a lawless prairie and the executives are criminally responsible because their company benefitted financially from the offense. With…