Amelia Bentley reports: A Sunshine Coast man accused of being the mastermind of the world’s largest online spam operation, which could send 10 billion emails a day, faced court in Brisbane today. Lance Thomas Atkinson, 26, has admitted to being behind a large-scale spam-sending operation that sent emails to internet users all over the world….
No “Continuing Duty to Investigate the Accuracy” of a Newspaper Article Posted on a Web Site
Eugene Volokh writes: So held a Massachusetts trial court last year in Jenzabar, Inc. v. Long Bow Group, Inc. (PDF p. 4); I just ran across the case online, so I thought I’d mention it. Defendant had posted a Boston Globe article that mentioned certain allegations by one DiLorenzo; DiLorenzo had later retracted those allegations….
OH Court: Cell phone searches require warrant
Stephen Majors of the Associated Press reports: Police officers must obtain a search warrant before scouring the contents of a suspect’s cell phone unless their safety is in danger, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday on an issue that appears never to have reached another state high court or the U.S. Supreme Court. The…
NYC Family Court judge denies Child Protective Services permission to enter hotline subject’s home
Daniel Weaver reports: In a decision posted yesterday, Kings County Family Court Judge, Jeanette Ruiz, refused to grant the Administration for Children’s services permission to enter the home of J. Smith. Children’s Services had applied for a pre-petition ex-parte court order as part of an ongoing investigation which began when someone anonymously called the State…