Karen Sloan reports: It’s the kind of story that tends to get big play on the legal blog Above the Law: A prominent University of Miami School of Law professor and civil rights advocate arrested on suspicion of soliciting an undercover officer for sex. The blog had plenty of fun with the story in October…
Reasonableness meets requirements: Regulating security and privacy in software
Paul N. Otto has a Note in the October issue of Duke Law Review, “Reasonableness meets requirements: Regulating security and privacy in software.” Here’s the Abstract: Software security and privacy issues regularly grab headlines amid fears of identity theft, data breaches, and threats to security. Policymakers have responded with a variety of approaches to combat…
Ashley Cole privacy payout
Brendan Abbot reports: Ashley Cole has settled out of court in what would have been a landmark £200,000 privacy case over his alleged affairs. The Chelsea star, 28, brought action against The Sun and Mirror Group Newspapers in April 2008 for invasion of privacy. Ashley was seeking a reported £200,000 in damages over kiss-and-tell stories….
ACLU appeals ruling in Review-Journal subpoena case
Joan Whitely reports: Litigation continues about the right to anonymously post disparaging comments online about a Las Vegas-based jury and prosecutor. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada has filed an appeal of federal Judge Kent Dawson’s October decision to not examine the legality of subpoenas served last summer on the Las Vegas Review-Journal to…