A challenge to “dragnet surveillance” by the National Security Agency became a battle over transparency after the United States secretly sought an advance look at a transcript of a public…
A class action filed against Facebook by an Austrian law student, contending that its data-collection practices violate European law, is gathering steam.
Backed by an unidentified financier, a 26-year-old Austrian law student has filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook in his privacy-friendly home country.
An ethics complaint filed in Washington, D.C., accuses a former in-house lawyer for General Electric of disclosing confidential company information after she was fired.
A federal appeals court is allowing enforcement of a Florida law that prevents physicians from talking with patients about guns in their homes when it is irrelevant to medical care.
A Texas hospital and two emergency room physicians have agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a suit by a New Mexico woman who claimed she was subjected against her…
Two Muslim American lawyers were among five prominent Americans whose emails were apparently monitored by the National Security Agency, according to a published report.
A Yankees fan who was caught on camera napping at an April 13 game has filed a $10 million suit for alleged defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Lawyers for Shelly Sterling claim in an emergency brief filed Sunday in federal court that Donald Sterling’s bid to remove a probate case to federal court is an attempt to…
Labor lawyer Sheena Hamilton warns that overly broad policies designed to limit employee communications could run afoul of recent rulings. Photo by Lou Bopp.
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Some Massachusetts police departments belong to regional law enforcement councils that claim to be private corporations not subject to the state’s open records law, according to the American Civil Liberties…
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.
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