http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-26T01:13:56-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/journalists_find_massive_data_security_lapse_get_threats_instead_of_thanks/ A team of investigative reporters landed in hot water after finding a massive data security lapse that put hundreds of people at serious risk of identity theft. Journalists for the Scripps News Service notified Lifeline, the federal program for low-income Americans that offers a discounted phone service, within hours of… Criminal Justice, Cybersecurity, Government Law, Privacy Law Fri, 24 May 2013 14:45:47 -0500 44356.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge_orders_parties_to_hire_neutral_expert_to_examine_womens_facebook/ A Lancaster County, Pa. judge has ordered the parties in a personal injury lawsuit to hire a “neutral forensic computer expert” to probe a plaintiff’s Facebook account. The defendants are Lancaster Regional Medical Center and Hospital Housekeeping Systems. Grace Perrone asserts she she slipped and fell in a puddle of… Civil Procedure, Privacy Law, States, Pennsylvania Wed, 22 May 2013 17:58:51 -0500 44319.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/is_your_photo_online_are_you_on_facebook_if_so_retailers_can_id_you_an/ Decades ago, George Orwell wrote a famous novel, 1984, that envisioned a then-future world in which "Big Brother"—a totalitarian government—was watching its citizens through a variety of electronic gadgetry and might at any time bark orders at individuals through a loudspeaker or television screen. That world doesn't yet exist, as… Consumer Law, Corporate Law, Government Law, International Law, Privacy Law Mon, 20 May 2013 08:40:46 -0500 44264.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/if_you_live_in_a_glass_house_you_cant_bring_a_privacy_suit_over_a_photo_dis/ Residents of an upscale apartment building in New York City are in an uproar over a photo display at an art gallery. On exhibit are candid shots of residents taken with a telephoto lens by an artist who lives in a building across the street. Those in the Zinc Building… Media & Communications Law, Privacy Law, Real Estate & Property Law, Tort Law, States, New York Fri, 17 May 2013 16:45:45 -0500 44242.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/alternative_fees_posner_privacy_football_civil_jury_trials/ Jean P. O'Grady, a knowledge strategist at DLA Piper took on this year's Alternative Fee Arrangements at Legal Departments and Law Firms report at Dewey B. Strategic. And she noticed some other things on top of… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Careers, Constitutional Law, Judiciary, Privacy Law, Trials & Litigation Fri, 03 May 2013 08:30:48 -0500 44022.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/cops_cant_search_cellphone_seized_during_arrest_florida_supreme_court_says_/ A cellphone is different from a cigarette pack, the Florida Supreme Court says in a ruling requiring police to get a warrant before searching cellphones seized during an arrest. The ruling deepens the split on the constitutionality of cellphone searches incident to arrest, according to the Volokh… Constitutional Law, Privacy Law, States, Florida Fri, 03 May 2013 08:02:37 -0500 44025.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/says_cnn_time_survey/ After the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City and the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, more than half of the Americans responding to polls were willing to give up some civil liberties in exchange for greater security. But a poll taken a… Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Legislation & Lobbying, Media & Communications Law, Privacy Law Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:24 -0500 44003.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/secret_court_files/ Five state and federal judges, as well as a number of lawyers, were among dozens of "well-off and well-connected" individuals who have had cases–often concerning domestic relations matters–either sealed by Chicago area judges or allowed to be filed using only the initials of the parties. Although the reasons routinely cited–financial… Family Law, Judiciary, Privacy Law, Trials & Litigation, States, Illinois Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:30:11 -0500 43948.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/a_changing_truth_do_online_news_stories_about_arrests_constitute_libel_afte/ A class-action lawsuit scheduled for argument next month in Connecticut claims that the news media defamed arrestees in online news stories about criminal records that were later expunged. Lorraine Martin of Greenwich claims in the suit that news stories about arrests that were true at the time of publication became… Internet Law, Media & Communications Law, Privacy Law, States, Connecticut Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:11:57 -0500 43969.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/did_shock_jock_defame_man_with_down_syndrome_by_r-word_alteration_of_his_ph/ A Tennessee couple is suing over the online alteration of a photo of their son who has Down syndrome. The $18 million defamation suit filed by Pamela and Bernard Holland targets a shock jock radio show, the “Sign Generator” website, and an individual who posted the photo with a caption… Internet Law, Privacy Law, Tort Law Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:20:59 -0500 43965.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/posner_op-ed_privacys_benefits_are_exaggerated/ Privacy is really about concealing aspects of yourself from others, according to federal appeals judge Richard Posner. We want to hide our arrest records, medical histories and peccadilloes, Posner writes in a New York Daily News op-ed. “We want to present sanitized versions of ourselves… Criminal Justice, Judiciary, Privacy Law, Terrorism, 7th Circuit Court Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:05:30 -0500 43960.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/actress_loses_suit_against_website_that_revealed_her_real_age/ A federal jury in Seattle has rejected claims by an actress who sued the website IMDb for revealing her real age. Jurors rejected allegations by Huong Hoang, who goes by the stage name Junie Hoang, that the website violated its user agreement by using her… Celebrities, Contracts, Media & Communications Law, Privacy Law, Trials & Litigation Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:37:13 -0500 43701.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/man_who_paid_hospital_workers_for_patient_info_used_to_sell_medical_and_leg/ A man who admittedly paid husband-and-wife hospital employees over $10,000 to provide confidential patient information that was used to solicit individuals for additional medical and legal services was sentenced this week to four years in federal prison. Sergei Kusyakov, 39, pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy to defraud the United… Advertising Law, Consumer Law, Criminal Justice, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Health Law, Privacy Law, 11th Circuit Court, States, Florida Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:22:19 -0500 43667.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/why_is_this_lawyers_drivers_license_so_popular/ Lawyer Brooke Bass’ driver’s license is apparently of great interest to people working for more than 100 agencies, most of them law enforcement, in the state of Minnesota. Bass’ license information was accessed more than 700 times in the past eight years, according to her lawyer, Kenn Fukuda, and she… Privacy Law Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:52:23 -0500 43663.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/retired_nfl_players_objecting_to_publicity_accord_are_like_children_denied_/ A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement in a lawsuit that contended the National Football League was misappropriating the likenesses of retired players in promotions. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson of St. Paul, Minn., blasted some retired players who had complained that the settlement didn’t directly benefit… Celebrities, Entertainment & Sports Law, Privacy Law Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:25:32 -0500 43645.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/anonymous_blogger_wins_round_in_cooleys_defamation_suit/ The Thomas M. Cooley Law School lost a round in its bid to unmask an anonymous blogger when the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled last week that a trial judge erred when denying a protective order in the case. The appellate opinion (PDF) said the trial court failed… Internet Law, Law Schools, Privacy Law, Tort Law, Trials & Litigation, States, Michigan Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:07:17 -0500 43643.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/connecting_the_digital_dots_to_catch_the_craigslist_killer/ When police responded to the April 14, 2009 murder of a young woman in an upscale Boston hotel, they had little to go on. Besides the victim, who was found face down in the doorway of her room, her hands bound with plastic ties, with three 9-mm bullet wounds to… Bar Associations, ABA, ABA Techshow, Criminal Justice, Privacy Law, Science & Technology Law, Trials & Litigation, States, Massachusetts Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:40:55 -0500 43625.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/online_activities_are_still_in_the_wild_west_of_regulation/ Entertainment & Sports Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Internet Law, Legal Theory, Media & Communications Law, Privacy Law, Science & Technology Law, Trials & Litigation, International Courts/Tribunals, Business of Law Mon, 01 Apr 2013 02:40:29 -0500 43299.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/set_a_schedule_to_dump_useless_info/ Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Corporate Law, Privacy Law, Business of Law Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:49:29 -0500 43304.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/should_hacked_firms_be_cybercops/ Bar Associations, ABA, Midyear Meeting, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Technology, Cybersecurity, Internet Law, Privacy Law, Your ABA Mon, 01 Apr 2013 01:19:29 -0500 43307.abajournal.com