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Google+The Register: No email privacy rights under Constitution, US gov claims On October 8, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati granted the government’s request for a full-panel hearing in United States v. Warshak … Continued
Yearly Archives: 2007
Sync your inbox across devices with free IMAP
Official Gmail Blog – Sync your inbox across devices with free IMAP: Sync your inbox across devices instantly and automatically. Whether you read or write your email on your phone or on your desktop, changes you make to Gmail will … Continued
Mandate for Public Access to NIH-Funded Research Poised to Become Law
ATA – Mandate for Public Access to NIH-Funded Research Poised to Become Law: The U.S. Senate last night approved the FY2008 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Bill (S.1710), including a provision that directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to … Continued
RIAA threatens 19 universities with lawsuits
CNET – RIAA threatens 19 universities with lawsuits: Just in time to welcome many students back from fall break, the Recording Industry Association of America on Thursday dispatched a new round of “prelitigation” letters to 19 U.S. universities from coast … Continued
Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill
Washington Post – Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill: Senate Democrats and Republicans reached agreement with the Bush administration yesterday on the terms of new legislation to control the federal government’s domestic surveillance program, which includes a … Continued
Judge Mukasey is Agnostic on Whether Waterboarding is Lawful
Balkinization – Judge Mukasey is Agnostic on Whether Waterboarding is Lawful: Just now, in response to repeated questions, he insisted that he did not know enough to say whether waterboarding, or any other technique, is torture, cruel treatment under Common … Continued
Cheney's Law
PBS FRONTLINE – Cheney’s Law: For three decades Vice President Dick Cheney conducted a secretive, behind-closed-doors campaign to give the president virtually unlimited wartime power. Finally, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Justice Department and the White House made a … Continued
On the Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, and Patent Law
Michigan Law Review – An Online Symposium on the Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, and Patent Law: This symposium takes place against a backdrop of three recent Supreme Court decisions — KSR v. Teleflex, Microsoft v. AT&T, and eBay v. MercExchange — … Continued
Verizon offers details on records releases
CNN – Verizon offers details on records releases: Verizon Communications says it has provided federal, state and local law enforcement agencies tens of thousands of communication and business records relating to customers based on emergency requests without a court order … Continued
Questions for the A.G. Nominee
New York Times – Questions of Justice: Michael B. Mukasey, President Bush’s nominee for attorney general, appears today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Op-Ed page asked four legal experts to pose the questions they would like to hear Judge … Continued
Hundreds of New Documents Reveal Expanded Military Role in Domestic Surveillance
American Civil Liberties Union – Hundreds of New Documents Reveal Expanded Military Role in Domestic Surveillance: New documents uncovered as a result of an American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union lawsuit reveal that the Department of … Continued
Comcast Charges $1K for a FISA Wiretap
Secrecy News – Implementing Domestic Intelligence Surveillance: Upon lawful request and for a thousand dollars, Comcast, one of the nation’s leading telecommunications companies, will intercept its customers’ communications under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The cost for performing any FISA … Continued
EFF Documents Detail Pentagon Demands for Financial Records
Electronic Frontier Foundation – EFF Documents Detail Pentagon Demands for Financial Records: The problems at the Pentagon that are described in the documents appear to mirror some of those confronted by the F.B.I., where an internal investigation this year into … Continued
FCC Considers New Technology Mandates, Threatening Innovation and Privacy
CDT – FCC Considers New Technology Mandates, Threatening Innovation and Privacy: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is actively considering whether to adopt technology mandates that have the potential to significantly harm innovation and privacy on the Internet. Two ongoing proceedings—one … Continued
An Interesting Peek Into a Lawyer’s Withdrawal From a Case
WSJ Law Blog – An Interesting Peek Into a Lawyer’s Withdrawal From a Case: It’s not too often that we get a peek inside the sausage factory called How a Lawyer Withdraws From a Case. Thanks to the Chicago Tribune, … Continued
Should AT&T be held legally responsible for any NSA cooperation?
The Iconoclast – CNET News.com – Should AT&T be held legally responsible for any NSA cooperation?: This is a fine example of McCullagh’s Law in action: Unless you vote my way, Americans will die. (Is the Bush administration really serious … Continued
