Helen P. O’Reilly and Michael F. Buchanan of Patterson Belknap write: The transition of power from President Barack Obama to President-Elect Donald Trump is underway. Although President-Elect Trump did not lay out specific policy prescriptions about data privacy or consumer protection during his candidacy, his recent choice of Dr. Joshua D. Wright to lead transition…
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TSA proposes to require ID to fly
From Papers, Please! Reversing its longstanding official position that no law or regulation requires air travelers to possess or show any ID credentials, the TSA has given notice of a new administrative requirement for all airline passengers: In order to be allowed to pass through checkpoints operated by the TSA or TSA contractors, air travelers will be required to…
US judge orders FBI, CIA to disclose Occupy surveillance
AP reports: A federal judge has ordered the FBI and other federal agencies to turn over any potential evidence they spied on Occupy Philadelphia protesters. The FBI, CIA and National Security Agency have 60 days to comply with the order from Senior U.S. District Judge Berle Schiller. Lawyer Paul Hetznecker wants to know if the…
Ninth Circuit Considers Limits to DEA Access to Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Here’s the latest development in a case I’ve been following on this site. Karen Owen Gibbs and Patrick Callaghan of McDermott Will & Emery write: On November 7, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program v. United States DEA, Case No. 14-35402 (9th Cir. 2016). The Drug…