You may not remember his name, but regular readers of this blog will likely remember the case of “Juror Number One,” a juror who made some comments on Facebook during a criminal trial. Not surprisingly, the judge investigated the juror misconduct – or tried to – but hit a snag when it came to actually…
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Sonic.net gets highest marks in data-privacy report
Jeff Quackenbush reports: Internet service provider Sonic.net today was recognized by national online-rights watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation for getting the highest score among 18 national companies for actively protecting the privacy of customers’ data. Sonic.net received four out of four “stars,” for notifying customers when government demands for data are received, telling customers about such…
No Constitutional Issue in Shared Autopsy Photos
Tim Hull reports: Despite a clear constitutional right to control death images of relatives, a district attorney is not liable for sending an autopsy photograph to the press, the 9th Circuit ruled Tuesday. In the first decision of its kind, the federal appeals court in San Francisco found that “the common law right to non-interference…
Washington lawyers challenge secret court proceedings
Gene Johnson reports: A defense lawyer in Eastern Washington was reading a detective’s statement in his client’s drug case when he came across a curious line. In asking to search the man’s house and cars, the detective revealed that he had already seen the defendant’s bank records. That’s odd, thought the lawyer, Robert Thompson of Pasco. There’s no…