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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 strengthen its Public Access Policy by requiring rather than requesting participation by researchers. The bill […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
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 Article 3, or otherwise unlawful. It’s really remarkable how far we have fallen when a […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
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 highly controversial grant of legal immunity to telecommunications companies that have assisted the program, according […]
October 2007 / 2 min.
On the Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, and Patent Law
Michigan Law Review - An Online Symposiumon 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- affecting patent law. It asks whether these cases, considered together, represent a recent upheaval in patent […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
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 or administrative subpoena. In an October 12 letter to members of the House Committee on […]
October 2007 / 2 min.
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 Defense secretly issued hundreds of national security letters (NSLs) to obtain private and sensitive records […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
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 surveillance “requiring deployment of an intercept device” is $1,000.00 for the “initial start-up fee (including […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
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 the bureauaEUR™s use of thousands of national security letters found widespread problems and little oversight […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
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 involving a small part of the ongoing Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) saga […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
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, here’s a glimpse into a rather noisy exit.
October 2007 / 1 min.