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Wiretapping
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Pennsylvania Family Law
Am I on Speaker? PA Supreme Court to Decide Whether Wiretapping Act Applies
By Aaron Weems
(Image Credit: technodiaries.org) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently accepted the case of Commonwealth vs. Spence, on appeal from the Superior Court. This criminal case involves the issue of whether eavesdropping…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Privacy Challenge for Proposed Wiretap Law
By Peter Vogel
The FBI wants Congress to pass laws that would force Facebook, Google, and others to intercept Internet online communications when they occur or penalize those companies who do not comply.…
Inside Privacy
Two New Decisions on the Wiretap Act and Secondary Liability
The last two weeks have brought two important decisions in the ongoing litigation over behavioral advertising firm NebuAd’s alleged use of a device to intercept data from ISP networks. Several…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Wiretaps
By Ellen Podgor
NPR's Ailsa Chang has a story, Wall Street Wiretaps: Investigators Use Insiders' Own Words To Convict Them. (esp)
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Upcoming Oral Arguments in Rajaratnam Appeal
By Ellen Podgor
On October 25th the Second Circuit will hear oral arguments in the Rajaratnam case. There are several significant issues that are likely to be decided here. The three issues presented…
Media Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Emergency Warrantless Wiretapping Provision
The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a provision of the Criminal Code that allows emergency warrantless wiretapping, ruling that it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Judge Rakoff Rejects Gupta’s Motion to Exclude Wiretaps From Insider Trading Prosecution
In U.S. v. Gupta, the government's insider trading case against former P&G director (and friend of Raj Rajaratnam) Rajat Gupta, Judge Jed Rakoff made a number of rulings on March 27. …
M & A Law Prof Blog
Galleon judge on insider trading
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
Richard Holwell, who presided in Manhattan federal court over the insider trading trial of Galleon Group and now in private practice, spoke to Bloomberg Law and tells us what he…
ContractsProf Blog
Ninth Circuit Upholds Immunity for Telecommunications Companies that Assisted in Warrantless Wiretapping
In re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation is a big case. How big? The caption alone takes up over twenty pages in the 9th Circuit's most recent opinion. The basic…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
In the News & Around the Blogosphere
By Ellen Podgor
Patricia Hurtado, Bloomberg, Rajaratnam Seeks to Remain Free While Appealing Wiretap UseMark Hamblett, NYLJ, Lawyer Suspect Who Fled to Asia to Be Extradited (w/ a hat tip to Ivan Dominguez)DOJ Press…