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Wiretapping
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Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
Second Circuit Dismisses Suit Over FBI’s Wiretapping of Marital Conversations in Securities Fraud Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wiretapping played an important role in the wide-ranging insider trading investigation and subsequent trials of Galleon Group LLC principals and traders. During his criminal prosecution,…
Asset Search Blog
Private Investigators: A Surreptitious Search For Money Hidden In Divorce & Other Cases
By Fred Abrams
This is the 2nd post in my series about private investigators & what they can & cannot do legally when searching for assets. It is also the 10th post in my…
Inside Privacy
Court Grants in Part and Denies in Part Yahoo’s Motion to Dismiss ECPA Claims
On Tuesday, August 12, 2014, the Northern District of California’s Judge Lucy Koh issued an order granting in part and denying in part Yahoo’s motion to dismiss claims that it…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Google Street View Wifi Collection Case Finally Headed to Trial Court
By Peter Vogel
The US Supreme has refused to consider Google’s claim that when Street View collected unencrypted Wifi data between 2007 and 2010 that it was “readily accessible to the general public”…
Consumer Class Defense Blog
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Eavesdropping Statute as Unconstitutional
By Marcus Mintz
This blog recently reported on developments in California regarding potential liability for businesses under California’s Call Recording and Monitoring Privacy Laws for recording or monitoring inbound and outbound telephone calls…
Technology Law Dispatch
N.D. Cal. Denies Class Cert. Motion in Gmail Wiretapping Litigation
Last week, the Northern District of California denied a motion for class certification in a multidistrict litigation brought against Google over its alleged practice of scanning Gmail messages in order…
Class Defense Blog
What’s Going On With Class Actions Alleging That Businesses That Record Customer-Service Calls Are Violating California’s Invasion of Privacy Act?
By John Nadolenco, Evan M. Wooten
Since 2006, companies based outside California have been alert to the potential burdens of class actions under California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (“CIPA”), Cal. Penal Code § 630 et seq.…
ContractsProf Blog
Some Side Notes on Nancy Kim’s Post
Nancy posted last week on this lawsuit that claimed that Google’s practice of scanning users' emails violated federal and state wiretapping laws. Nancy discusses the excellent opinion of Judge Lucy Koh (pictured)…
ContractsProf Blog
Gmail Users and Email Spying
One of the dangers of constructivecontractual consent (a foundational principle of wrap contract doctrine) isthat it might be used to prove statutory consent and thereby strip unknowingconsumers of rights provided…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Second Circuit Affirms Rajaratnam Case – But Goes A Step Further in Supporting the Government
By Ellen Podgor
It's a relatively short opinion issued by the Second Circuit, and 24 of the 29 pages pertain to a summary of the holding, facts, and the wiretap order used in this…