Hearst Television and WLWT Channel 5 defamed a woman and invaded her privacy by repeatedly showing her picture and name on sexually suggestive stories and Internet postings featuring obscene cell phone “sexting,” she claims in Hamilton County Court. “Sexting refers to the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically between cell phones,” according…
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WA AG sides with Boeing on worker privacy
A worker-privacy bill that is slated to become a major point of contention between Boeing and big labor just go thumbs down from the state’s lawyer. Big labor wants a state law that would prohibit employers from forcing employees to sit in on meetings where union issues are discussed. Big business — which in Washington…
Prosecutor denies violating rights in ID probe
Colorado authorities say they did not violate anyone’s privacy rights when they seized thousands of tax documents to investigate undocumented immigrants for identity theft. In a late Monday filing, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck and Sheriff John Cook also said a judge erred in halting the probe. Read more from the Associated Press via…
Student who blogged about patients reinstated
A federal judge has ordered the University of Louisville to permit a nursing student who had been expelled for writing blog posts about her patients, gun rights, religion, and other issues to re-enroll. […] The university expelled Ms. Yoder in February, saying she had violated the nursing school’s honor code by identifying herself as a…