Eric Goldman writes: Ugh, this Fourth Circuit opinion is terrible. I instantly knew it was written by a Trump appointee from the Federalist Society because it had the characteristic self-assured yet sloppy writing style. And what’s the deal with Justice Thomas fandom among those judges? This opinion gives 4 gratuitous cites to Thomas dissents. This…
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Seeking Psychedelics? Check the Data Privacy Clause
Mason Marks reports: Next week, Coloradans will vote on a ballot initiative that, if approved, would create a regulated market for psilocybin in the state. Under this initiative, called Proposition 122, or the Natural Medicine Health Act, psilocybin would be produced in Colorado and administered under supervision at licensed “healing centers.” (Other substances could be added in…
NLRB General Counsel Memo on Electronic Monitoring of Employees
Jonathan J. Spitz, Richard F. Vitarelli, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, and Chad P. Richter of JacksonLewis write: Responding in part to the nature of the post-COVID-19 remote workplace, NLRB GC Jennifer Abruzzo has released a memo on employers’ use of electronic monitoring and automated management in the workplace. The memo also directs NLRB Regions to submit to the…
No reasonable expectation of privacy in bloody clothes in trauma room at hospital
John Wesley Hall Jr. writes: Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in a trauma room he was in about 15 minutes before the police arrived. His bloody clothes were in plain view. People v. Turner, 2022 IL App (5th) 190329, 2022 Ill. App. LEXIS 460 (Oct. 31, 2022): [*P57] In considering the above caselaw and…