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2142 ABA Journal Internet Law articles.

Google Admits Street View Cars Snagged E-Mail & Passwords, Is Sued re Saved Search Queries

After an admission by Google Inc. last week that the cars collecting data for its Street View mapping service inadvertently snared some entire e-mails and passwords from unsecured wireless computer networks comes news of a new lawsuit against the Internet search engine goliath on another front. A San Francisco woman…

Oct 25, 2010 10:22 PM CDT

Satirical Law School Blog Leads to Harassment Probe Against Syracuse 2L

Len Audaer isn’t disclosing whether he’s the author of a satirical blog about Syracuse University’s law school, but the 2L has revealed that he is now the focus of a harassment investigation because of the blog content. Audaer received an e-mail on Friday notifying him of the investigation based on…

Oct 20, 2010 2:29 PM CDT

Chief Justice Roberts Admits He Doesn’t Read the Computer Fine Print

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. admitted at a college appearance on Tuesday that he doesn’t usually read the fine print that computer users must agree to before accessing some websites. Speaking at Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., the city where he was born, Roberts talked about cameras in the…

Oct 20, 2010 12:17 PM CDT

Cease-and-Desist Order Against Website Selling Class Notes Raises IP Questions

Ryan Stevens launched his idea for NoteUtopia.com—a website that allows students to sell and buy notes for classes—while in a business entrepreneurship class at California State University, Sacramento. Stevens graduated and got permits from his alma mater as well as CSU Chico and CSU East Bay to pass out NoteUtopia…

Oct 18, 2010 4:40 PM CDT

Law Prof Turns in Blogging Jury Foreman

Do a jury foreman’s blog posts about his frustrations with a civil case cross the line? The University of Texas law professor who turned in the juror thinks so, but the judge and lawyers in the case disagreed. The Queens jury ruled Friday for the defendants, a father and son…

Oct 18, 2010 11:31 AM CDT

Discovery 101 for Lawyers: ‘Open Browser. Click. Gasp. Print.’

Once upon a time, about five years ago, finding evidence to disprove an individual’s court testimony wasn’t easy. Today, all it often takes is a few minutes spent at the computer: “Open browser. Click. Gasp. Print,” as the St. Petersburg Times puts it. Searching all significant names, starting on Facebook,…

Oct 14, 2010 9:44 PM CDT

Amended Suit Claims Facebook Disclosed Personal Data to Advertisers

An amended lawsuit claims Facebook disclosed users’ personal information to advertisers when it began embedding additional data in website addresses in February. The suit by two Facebook users claims advertisers could access the embedded data in URLs to learn more about website users who clicked on their ads. The amended…

Oct 13, 2010 4:17 PM CDT

Legal or Not, ‘Scrapers’ Compile Data on What People Say Online

For years, court records and real estate transactions have been fair game for those who collect and compile data for others. But today much, much more is available online. And scrapers are digging up and organizing data ranging from cell phone numbers to social networking comments, for a price, reports…

Oct 12, 2010 11:56 PM CDT

2 Teens Get $185K, Lawyer Gets $425K in School Webcam Spy Case

The school board of a suburban Philadelphia district has agreed to pay $610,000 to settle a suit by two students who say they were spied upon in their own homes via district-issued laptop computers equipped with webcams. Of that total, $175,000 will be put in trust for the student who…

Oct 12, 2010 5:44 PM CDT

Rutgers E-Mail Sought re Now-Dead Student’s Complaint Roomie Was Spying on Him

A student who committed suicide after his roommate photographed him having sex in his dorm room and posted the footage on the Internet had complained to Rutgers University authorities shortly before he leapt to his death off the George Washington Bridge last month. Now Middlesex County prosecutors have obtained a…

Oct 7, 2010 11:23 PM CDT

Court: Metadata in Citizen’s E-Mail Is Public Record, Justifying Search of Official’s Home Computer

Ruling on a case of first impression, the Washington Supreme Court today held that metadata in a citizen’s unsolicited e-mail sent to a public official on her home computer is a public record that must be disclosed upon request to another citizen, under state public records law. The court also…

Oct 7, 2010 6:45 PM CDT

Woman Upset by Porn Links to Her Name Loses Yahoo Infringement Suit

A federal appeals court has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a woman who was dismayed by the results when she searched for her name on Yahoo. “Like many, Beverly Stayart was curious about what she would find when she put her name into a search engine,” says the opinion…

Oct 5, 2010 10:30 AM CDT

Law Prof’s ‘Market Solution’ to Laptop Ban: Auction Right to Surf From Back Row of Class

The controversial classroom ban on student laptop use that some law schools have instituted is “a manageable problem with a market solution,” a law professor suggests. Instead of a total ban on laptops, law schools should auction back-row laptop rights to students who most want to use their personal computers…

Oct 4, 2010 9:58 PM CDT

Copyright Troll’s Methods Hit in Counterclaim Citing First Amendment

A copyright troll that purchases rights to stories in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and then sues alleged infringers is facing some pushback in an answer and counterclaim that cites the First Amendment. The copyright troll, Righthaven, has sued more than 140 blogs and websites for alleged copyright infringement. One of…

Oct 4, 2010 10:30 AM CDT

Asst. AG On Leave After Blog Tirades Against ‘Radical Homosexual’ Student Leader

Updated: A report in the Detroit News this morning said Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox had reversed course and decided to suspend a lawyer in his office who attacked a student leader as a “radical homosexual activist” in his blog. The newspaper has now published a revised story that says…

Oct 1, 2010 11:36 AM CDT

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Internet Law

Google Admits Street View Cars Snagged E-Mail & Passwords, Is Sued re Saved Search Queries

Satirical Law School Blog Leads to Harassment Probe Against Syracuse 2L

Chief Justice Roberts Admits He Doesn’t Read the Computer Fine Print

Cease-and-Desist Order Against Website Selling Class Notes Raises IP Questions

Law Prof Turns in Blogging Jury Foreman

Discovery 101 for Lawyers: ‘Open Browser. Click. Gasp. Print.’

Amended Suit Claims Facebook Disclosed Personal Data to Advertisers

Legal or Not, ‘Scrapers’ Compile Data on What People Say Online

2 Teens Get $185K, Lawyer Gets $425K in School Webcam Spy Case

Rutgers E-Mail Sought re Now-Dead Student’s Complaint Roomie Was Spying on Him

Court: Metadata in Citizen’s E-Mail Is Public Record, Justifying Search of Official’s Home Computer

Woman Upset by Porn Links to Her Name Loses Yahoo Infringement Suit

Law Prof’s ‘Market Solution’ to Laptop Ban: Auction Right to Surf From Back Row of Class

Copyright Troll’s Methods Hit in Counterclaim Citing First Amendment

Asst. AG On Leave After Blog Tirades Against ‘Radical Homosexual’ Student Leader

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