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Meet John Doe
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
Masked by the Web’s anonymity, internet users feel free to flame celebrities, blast politicians, or blow the whistle on employers for corporate misdeeds.2 hours ago -
Ex-Lawmaker Copyrights His Name in Seeming Bid to Nix News of His Rape Case
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
A former South Dakota lawmaker has copyrighted his own name and is forbidding newspapers to use it without advance permission, threatening a penalty of $500,000 or more if they violate this instruction. The action follows his conviction in 2007 for the second-degree rape of two foster daughters and witness-tampering. ...4 days ago -
Prosecutor’s E-Mail Sent to His Lawyer on a Work Account is Privileged, Court Says
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
A federal prosecutors e-mail to his own lawyer is privileged, even though he sent it from work on a government computer, a federal court has ruled. Because he is allowed to use his work e-mail account for personal communications, assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel had a reasonable expectation of privacy in those ...6 days ago -
Supreme Court to Decide Privacy Rights of Texting Government Employees
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether police officers have a constitutional right to privacy in their personal text messages sent on city-owned pagers. The Supreme Court will review a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found the officers have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the ...1 week ago -
Judge’s E-Mail to Newspaper Reportedly Forces Him Off Alleged Serial Killer’s Trial
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
An Ohio judges e-mails to a newspaper about an alleged serial murderer whose case he was later assigned have reportedly led him to step down from the upcoming trial. Although Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Timothy McGinty declined to detail the conflict that is the basis of his decision yesterday to recuse himself ...1 week ago -
Publication Ban No Proof That Nude Pix of Tiger Woods Exist, His Counsel Says
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
A British court has banned the publication in Britain of photos or videos showing professional golfer Tiger Woods in the nude or having sex. But, in a letter accompanying a copy of the injunction granted yesterday by the High Court in London, the Schillings law firm representing Woods says that the court order "is not ...1 week ago -
Britain Considers Changes to Deter ‘Libel Tourism’
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
Embarrassed by Londons reputation as a libel mecca that draws litigation from purportedly aggrieved claimants from around the world, British lawmakers appear poised to make changes to the 19th-century libel laws. One member of the House of Lords is drafting a bill that could especially deter forum shopping. It would ...1 week ago -
Mistrial for Blogger Accused of Threat to Kill 3 Federal Appellate Judges
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
Developing: A deadlocked jury forced a mistrial today in the case of a so-called hate blogger accused of threatening three federal appeals court judges in an Internet tirade over an opinion they issued on gun control. Prosecutors contended the blog post by Hal Turner amounted to a death threat against the three judges ...2 weeks ago -
Cell Phone Company and Service Provider Sued for Fatal Car Accident
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
The daughter of a woman killed in a car accident caused by a driver talking on his cell phone has sued the phone maker and the service provider, contending they should have provided better warnings about the dangers of talking and driving. The plaintiff, Jennifer Smith, alleges that the cell phone industry has ...2 weeks ago -
Sprint leaked customer GPS data to the cops…
KHdN - Kenneth Hynek (dot Net) —
Authority: 436
… EIGHT MILLION times . As Jon Stewart might say : “Oh, for f**k’s sake.” Through a mix of documents unearthed by Freedom of Information Act requests and the aforementioned recording, [Christopher Soghoian, a graduate student at Indiana Universitys School of Informatics and Computing] describes how ...2 weeks ago -
Jury Awards $100K to Woman Who Says Fictional Character Defamed Her
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
A Georgia jury has awarded $100,000 to a woman who says she was defamed because a character in the book The Red Hat Club had a mix of her own traits and other false characteristics that depicted her as a promiscuous alcoholic. The Nov. 19 jury award for plaintiff Vickie Stewart was far less than the minimum of $1 ...2 weeks ago -
Supreme Court Nixes ACLU Bid for Release of Detainee Abuse Photos
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
Citing a new federal law that allows the government to withhold photographs of detainees in Afghanistan and Iraq reportedly being abused by their United States captors, the nations top court has overturned an appellate court ruling agreeing with the American Civil Liberties Union that the Pentagon must make the images ...3 weeks ago -
Legal Group Files FCC Complaint Over Adam Lambert Performance
ABA Journal —
Authority: 690
A legal group advocating traditional family values has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission over Adam Lambert’s provocative performance at the televised American Music Awards. The complaint (PDF) by Liberty Counsel says Lambert’s Nov. 22 performance included simulated sex, “suggestive ...3 weeks ago -
Dont Try to Have Fun if you are Depressed
Akron Law Caf —
Authority: 430
Or you might lose your insurance coverage . Or maybe the issue is really about not posting pictures of it (the having of fun) on Facebook. OR maybe its really about setting your privacy controls appropriately.3 weeks ago
