Topic
Wiretapping
212 published works
EvidenceProf Blog
The Wire: Milwaukee Alderman Case Raises Question About Standard of Review in Franks Denial Cases
By Colin Miller
Pursuant to the Supreme Court's decision in Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978), if the defendant challenges the validity of a warrant, a court must grant an evidentiary hearing,…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Want more coverage of the Scruggs scandal? Send Rossmiller to Mississippi
By Rob La Gatta
Don't know that David Rosmiller asked for it, but just as Geraldo Rivera used to say his MSNBC program was the show of record on the OJ trial, David's Insurance…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Wiretap Act and P2P
Catherine R. Gellis has published "Copysense and Sensibility: How the Wiretap Act Forbids Universities From Using P2P Monitoring Tools," in volume 12 of the Boston University Journal of Science and…
Legal Profession Blog
Worse Than DOJing Questions on <em>Squattergate</em>? Legal Ethics Profs Speak Out About Gonzales Cutting Off OPR Wiretaps Investigation That He’d Just Learned Would Likely Target Gonzales
Posted by Alan ChildressMost media and blogs currently are understandably focusing their ethics antennae on the questions surrounding whether U.S. Attorneys were not allowed to stay on in their current…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NY Timesurging ouster of AG Gonzales
Main March 11, 2007NY Times urging ouster of AG GonzalesThe New York Times today has this editorial, entitled "The Failed Attorney General," which urges President Bush to dismiss AG Alberto…
The Contingency
Rule of Law Update: Skepticism on Wiretapping
Blawgletter may have celebrated the triumph of the rule of law prematurely last week (here). Editorials today raised questions regarding the administration's deference to the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Throwing All the Lawyers Into the Grand Jury
By Ellen Podgor
A New York Times article (here) discusses the direction of the government's ongoing investigation of Anthony Pellicano, the so-called "PI to the Stars" who worked with, most prominently, leading Los…
Privacy and Security Law Blog
PrivSec News Briefing
Posted by DWT No End in Sight: Data Breach Tally Approaches 100 Million (9/25/06 - ETC News) The total number of records containing sensitive personal information involved in security breaches…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Wiretaps and Videotapes of Spouse as Torts
By Family Law
The New Jersey court recently addressed a divorce action which included Husband's allegations that Wife had violated the New Jersey wiretap act by tape recording home telephone conversations and that…
Media Law Prof Blog
DC Circuit Uphelds FCC Rule Allowing Wiretaps of VoIP
In American Council on Education, v. FCC, the DC Circuit has held that the FCC's determination that CALEA (the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) "applies to providers of broadband…