Topic
Wiretapping
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Data Counsel
White Collar Wiretaps: Will Your Own Words Come Back to Haunt You?
Jonathan B. New, a partner in Baker Hostetler's New York office and a member of the firm's White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations Team, along with associate attorney Sammi Malek recently…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Decision of Interest on Standing: Second Circuit Denies En Banc Review in Amnesty Int’l v. Clapper
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
We covered earlier the Second Circuit’s decision in Amnesty International v. Clapper, 638 F.3d 118 (2d Cir. 2011), which held that the plaintiffs -- various attorneys, journalists, and labor, legal,…
Technology Law Dispatch
Does “Public” Privacy Exist?
This post was also written by John Hines, and Frederick Lah. Just how much privacy are we entitled to in public places, such as public highways and buses, classrooms, restaurants, or…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Second Circuit Decision in Amnesty International v. Clapper: Plaintiffs Have Standing to Challenge Federal Wiretapping Procedures
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Today’s opinion in Amnesty International v. Clapper (No. 09-4112-cv) begins:Attorneys, journalists, and labor, legal, media, and human rights organizations brought this action facially challenging the constitutionality of Section 702 of…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
U.S. Government Ordered to Pay Islamic Charity $2.5 Million for Illegal Wiretapping
The New York Times reports that the U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker (yes, the same George H.W. Bush-appointee who struck down Proposition 8) has ordered the federal government to…
Inside Privacy
Google Moves to Dismiss “Spy-Fi” Complaint
Google has moved to dismiss a conslidated class action complaint alleging that it violated the federal Wiretap Act, among other laws, by allowing its Street View cars to collect the contents of communications transmitted over…
Administrative and Regulatory
Eavesdropping And Mitigating Risk
In McCann v. Iroquois Mem. Hosp., No. 08-3420 (7th Cir. September 12, 2010), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals addressed Plaintiffs’ allegations that the Hospital, its Board and CEO violated…
New York Federal Criminal Practice
Second Circuit Issues Notable Decisions on Wiretaps, Batson and Sentencing
The NYSACDL has published its fall issue of Atticus. Judge Bellacosa has contributed an eloquent piece in support of open-file discovery, relevant both to state and federal prosecutorial practices, highlighting…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Finds Judge Rakoff Exceeded Discretion in Galleon Insider Trading Case
In a setback for the SEC, the Second Circuit, in SEC v. Rajaratnam (Download Secvgalleon2Cir ), reversed Judge Rakoff's discovery order that compelled defendants to disclose to the SEC wiretapped conversations…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Appeals Court Finds Employee Who Auto-Forwarded Supervisor’s Emails Violated Wiretap Act
The Seventh Circuit recently rejected a defendant's argument that the Wiretap Act applies only to emails "in flight" as opposed to communications at rest or in storage.