Over on Concurring Opinions, Dave Hoffman writes: The government has just filed an amicus brief in Padilla v. Yoo, currently on interlocutory appeal (from this order) and pending before the Ninth Circuit. The brief argues against recognizing a Bivens action in the context of advice rendered “relating to war powers and national security.” Part of…
FTC To Host Privacy Roundtable
WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host the first of three public Roundtables to explore the privacy challenges posed by technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. This first roundtable will focus on the benefits and risks of information-sharing practices, consumer expectations regarding such practices, behavioral advertising, information brokers, and the adequacy…
KPK, govt at loggerheads over wiretapping
Irawaty Wardany and Novan Iman Santosa report: The government and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) are still in dispute on the planned government regulation on lawful interception with the KPK concerned by the complex bureaucracy it would have to face prior to wiretapping. “We have several objections to the idea. First, the obligation to get…
Teen sues over ID in online arrest log
Amanda Pinto reports: In what may be the first lawsuit of its kind in the state, a Rhode Island man is suing the town because he was listed in an online arrest log when he was 17 years old, which is not permitted by law. The plantiff, now 18, is identified in the suit as…