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Wiretapping
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White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Wiretapping in the Celebrity Arena
By Ellen Podgor
Pellicano, former private eye to celebrities in Hollywood, is critical of the government case against him. Is Pellicano's alleged illegal wiretapping similar to the National Security Agency (NSA) alleged monitoring…
Media Law Prof Blog
Wired News “Whistle Blower’s Evidence: Uncut”
Here is a link to the Wired News article citing former AT&T employee Mark Klein's statement and documents which he gave the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The EFF is suing AT&T…
Media Law Prof Blog
FCC Adopts New Order To Tax Broadband and Internet Phone Providers for Mandatory Wiretap Access
The FCC has okayed a new rule that would force broadband and Internet phone company providers to provide access for wiretaps. The rule is likely to be challenged by the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Divorce Lawyer Wiretapping?
By Family Law
"A divorce lawyer-to-the-stars who frequently hired the private detective Anthony Pellicano was aware of at least one instance of his illegal wiretapping, an F.B.I. agent has said in a confidential…
Media Law Prof Blog
Director Pleads Guilty in Wiretap Case
John McTiernan, who directed such films as "Die Hard", "Rollerball," "The Hunt for Red October" and the remake of "The Thomas Crown Affair", has pled guilty in federal court to…
Illinois Legal Malpractice Blog
L.A. Law Firms’ Use of Wiretapping Could Put the Firms’ Out of Business
Last week Peter Lattman posted an interesting article on The Wall Street Journal Law Blog, here, about some high profile Los Angeles lawyers who are facing the prospect of criminal…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
L.A. Divorce Lawyer Is a Subject of the Pellicano Investigation, But That May Not Mean Much
By Ellen Podgor
Los Angeles divorce lawyer Dennis Wasser, whose clients have included Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg, may be caught up in the burgeoning investigation spawned by the secret wiretapping and government…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
L.A. Attorney Charged With Conspiring with PI Pelicano — What Did Ovitz Know About Pellicano’s Peccadillos?
By Ellen Podgor
The Wall Street Journal reports (here) that Los Angeles attorney Terry Christensen, from the law firm Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro (yes, that's the Shapiro who was…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
The Underside of Hollywood
By Ellen Podgor
While some claim there is nothing more vicious than faculty politics, in Hollywood they play for keeps by using some less-than-legal means to gather dirt on one another, something that…
Media Law Prof Blog
Indictments in Covert Taping on Jackson Plane
CNN reports that Jeffrey Borer and Arvel Reeves have been indicted for a 2003 taping of Michael Jackson and his former lawyer Mark Geragos aboard Jackson's chartered plane. Read more…