Julie Manganis reports: BEVERLY — A Lawrence Superior Court judge has ordered that a lawyer hired by Endicott College to investigate a 2017 sexual assault on campus must turn over her report and other materials to the attorney representing the victim in that case. In a decision Monday, Judge Kathleen McCarthy-Neyman found that federal student…
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Colorado Introduces a Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Bill
Joseph J. Lazzarotti and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: Colorado recently become the latest state to consider a comprehensive consumer privacy law. On March 19, 2021, Colorado State Senators Rodriguez and Lundeen introduced SB 21-190, entitled “an Act Concerning additional protection of data relating to personal privacy”. Following California’s bold example of the California Consumer Privacy…
There’s no place like home?
Lenese Herbert writes: The maxim “a man’s house is his castle” is one of the oldest and most deeply rooted principles in Anglo-American jurisprudence. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a case that may test how much protection the Fourth Amendment truly provides the home. In Caniglia v. Strom, the issue is…
Pasco County’s Sheriff Must End Its Targeted Child Harassment Program – EFF
Matthew Guariglia writes about a program previously noted on this blog as public awareness grows: In September 2020, the Tampa Bay Times revealed a destructive “data-driven” policing program run by the Pasco County, Florida Sheriff’s Office. The program is misleadingly called “Intelligence-Led Policing” (ILP), but in reality, it’s nothing more than targeted child harassment by police. Young people’s school grades…