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Judge’s Decision Awaited in NYC Stop and Frisk Trial

Closing arguments wrapped up on May 20 in Floyd v. City of New York, the first trial to spotlight New York City’s controversial “stop and frisk” law enforcement program, which plaintiffs say amounts to unconstitutional racial...more

Fenwick Employment Brief - May 2013

The NLRB's controversial requirement that employers post notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (as reported in our January and May 2012 FEBs) has been held unconstitutional by the...more

Prosecutor Claims Milwaukee Police Officers Engaged In A Pattern Of Illegal Conduct

On Thursday, March 21, 2013, a motion hearing occurred regarding the four Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) officers who face charges of conducting illegal strip searches and illegal body cavity searches. During the hearing,...more

In Clapper v. Amnesty International, Supreme Court Dismisses Privacy Suit for Lack of Article III Standing: Poses a Clear and...

In 2008, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was amended, broadening the surveillance powers of the federal government with respect to communications outside of the United States. In Clapper v. Amnesty...more

Capper, Dir of National Intelligence, et al v. Amnesty International USA et al

SCOTUS Dismisses Federal Wiretapping Challenge

Full text copy of Supreme Court's dismissal of lawsuit challenging federal wiretapping program. On Tuesday, February 26, 2013, a divided Court dismissed a challenge to the FISA Amendments Act, which permits federal...more

Geolocational Privacy Law Evolved Slowly in 2012

The law of geolocational privacy continued to evolve in 2012 even though the Supreme Court sidestepped the issue in a potential landmark case. Despite the lack of clarity from the Supreme Court, there will be more...more

Judge Halts NYPD ‘Stop & Frisk’ in the Bronx

A federal judge on Jan. 8 put a temporary halt to the New York City Police Department’s controversial “stop and frisk” program as it applies to visitors and residents of a group of residential buildings in the Bronx....more

Trooper Suspended after Shocking Roadside Cavity Search

A Texas state trooper is suspended with pay and will face a grand jury next month for conducting a body cavity search of two women on the side of a highway near Irving, Texas, in full view of passing traffic and a male...more

Town of Mount Pleasant v. Robert Chimento, et. al. [Poker / Gambling]

South Carolina Supreme Court Opinion No. 27197 - Filed November 21, 2012

Mt. Pleasant v. Chimento Factual and Legal Summary: Nathan Stallings leased a home in Mt. Pleasant where he lived with his fiancee and a roommate. He used an internet networking site to meet other poker players, and...more

Federal Monitoring of Communications Shows Dramatic Increase

Federal law enforcement officials have dramatically increased their monitoring of telephones and email and network data, the ACLU reported. The finding was based on responses by the Justice Department to Freedom of...more

Argument Report: Debating the Illinois Rights of Privacy and Gender Equality

Our reports on the oral arguments of the Illinois Supreme Court's September term conclude with Hope Clinic for Women v. Adams. In Hope Clinic, the Court confronts the question of whether the Illinois constitution offers...more

How Broad are Illinois' State Rights to Privacy and Gender Equality?

Our preview of the September term of the Illinois Supreme Court concludes with Hope Clinic for Women v. Adams. Although Hope Clinic arises from a constitutional challenge to Illinois’ Parental Notice of Abortion Act, the...more

Oyunlaştırma Tehlike mi Fırsat mı

The paper is about a new stream called Gamification. Gamification has both risks & chances in its' concept for mankind. İt can be used to help you do daily jobs by having fun and on the other hand it can be used to...more

Police Accessing Private Cell Phone Data at a Stunning Rate

Police agencies across the country requested over 1.3 million cell phone records in 2011, according to data provided to Congress by mobile companies. What the police can and can’t ask for without a warrant is still an...more

EPIC Calls for Suspension of Homeland Security's "Risk-based" Profiling System

EPIC submitted comments to Customs and Border Protection, a component of the Department of Homeland Security, urging the agency to suspend the Automated Targeting System. Although the System was initially created to screen...more

Vague Definitions in CISPA Raise Concerns of SOPA 2.0 [Video]

April 12 (Bloomberg Law) -- Trevor Timm, activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a new bill that attempts to...more

Big Brother May be Tracking You

The government could be tracking your every move, and there’s little you can do to stop it – or even to find out who is watching – according to a recent investigation by the American Civil Liberties Union. The ACLU...more

Are New Jersey Employers Allowed to Ask for Access to a Job Applicant's Facebook Account

Are New Jersey Employers Allowed to Ask for Access to a Job Applicant's Facebook Account? A recent and disturbing trend is developing, as employers are increasingly demanding that job applicants provide their personal...more

Federal Court Found That School Violated Student’s Privacy Rights When It Disclosed Student’s Sexual Orientation

In the case of Wyatt v. Kilgore Independent School District, a Fifth Circuit federal district court in Texas recently ruled that a student had a valid claim for violation of her due process right to privacy after school...more

Backlash Against TSA for Strip-Searching an 85-Year Old Grandmother

The alleged strip search of an 85-year-old grandmother by a Transportation Security Administration officer has prompted the introduction of a bill to deprive TSA employees of their rank and uniform. The elderly victim,...more

Supreme Court Drills Down on Warrantless GPS Tracking

Today the Supreme Court "checks in" on police use of a technology that carries the gravest possible privacy consequences. While I doubt the Justices use Foursquare or any geolocation service to disclose their whereabouts,...more

Cellphones Searched Without a Warrant in Some States

By Krystina Steffen, staff In Good Practice writer – August 24, 2011 States have laws that must be applied when police search a car or a home, including obtaining a warrant to legally search these places. But with new...more

Il diritto all'identita personale

Il diritto all'dentità personale. Studio di D.Minussi...more

IL CONSENSO INFORMATO IN PSICHIATRIA

La prassi clinica e psichiatrica non può e non deve discostarsi da quelli che sono i fondamenti legali e disciplinari della relativa competenza specialistica....more

Footballer Fallout - - the radioactive debate about Superinjunctions, Twitter and Privacy

Quentin Bargate, Senior Partner and Head of Litigation at the City of London law firm Bargate Murray, comments on “Footballergate” the recent clash between the English Judiciary and Parliament, privacy incliding...more