Are work-related communications exchanged through government employees’ personal electronic devices public record? The question will be answered by the California Supreme Court, which in the same appeal will also consider…
Facebook is contesting the Manhattan District’s Attorney’s right to obtain Facebook information for 381 people, though a judge already forced the social network to release the information.
Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith blasted the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday, saying it creates law “that the American public is not permitted to read.”
Updated: The federal government is putting pressure on local law enforcement to keep quiet about its use of Stingray and other surveillance technology used to…
Microsoft Corp. is asking a federal judge in New York to overturn a magistrate’s order requiring the company to give prosecutors email stored on a server in Ireland.
A former patient has sued the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, contending that hospital workers posted her medical records on a Facebook page after she was diagnosed with a sexually…
A federal judge in Idaho has dismissed a lawsuit challenging collection of telephone data by the National Security Agency, but he suggested the U.S. Supreme Court should revisit the issue.
Delaware lawyer Brian Zulberti launched a hunger strike Monday morning in hopes of attracting media attention or generating this headline: “Attorney Dies, Collapses in Front of the Supreme Court of…
Electronic surveillance requests in thousands of criminal investigations across the United States remain sealed indefinitely, even after the probes are closed.
Ira Burnim: “The disability community is excited about the Justice Department’s action, and we support the position they took.” Photo by Stacy Zarin Goldberg.
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Using trust accounts to store advance fees from clients is a burden on practitioners and less of a protection for clients than if they had paid by credit card, Washington,…
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