Cade Metz reports on a comment by Google CEO Eric Schmidt during a CNBC interview that has set tongues a-clucking and a-lashing on the ‘net. If you’re concerned about Google retaining your personal data, then you must be doing something you shouldn’t be doing. At least that’s the word from Google CEO Eric Schmidt. “If…
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The Turducken Approach to Privacy Law
Adam Liptak writes about a privacy law case that may be better known to you for its culinary reference in a dissenting opinion, perhaps, then the substantive issues. But stay with the story, because it does get to the legal issues… In June, the metaphor of the turducken made its first appearance in American jurisprudence….
Red Flags rule doesn’t wave for non-financial entities
Bret Cohen writes: On December 1, Judge Reggie Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a memorandum opinion in a lawsuit by the American Bar Association against the Federal Trade Commission, explaining his October 29 ruling from the bench that the FTC’s Red Flags Rule does not apply to lawyers. Holding…
Feds Challenged in Bid to Dismiss Wiretapping Suit
Annie Youderian reports that plaintiffs in a case challenging NSA’s wiretapping program have filed a response to the government’s motion to dismiss the case on “state secrets” and “national security” grounds. The case is Shubert v. Obama and Judge Vaughn Walker is the presiding judge. The plaintiffs’ 24-page response can be found here (pdf). A…