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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

Indiana Sex Offender Social Website Ban Law Is Unconstitutional

An Indiana statute prohibiting most registered sex offenders from using social networking websites is unconstitutional because it is an overly broad infringement of First Amendment rights. The Indiana law prohibited...more

Palo Alto Boy Returns To School After DNA Flap

A Palo Alto 6th grade boy was allowed to return to his middle school after his family convinced the school officials that they did not need to worry about his genes....more

Boy In School Flap Over Cystic Fibrosis

A Palo Alto middle school ordered an 11 year old boy to move to another middle school 3 miles away because it believed that his genetic makeup was a health risk to some of its other students....more

CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED; CHURCHILL DOWNS TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES COMPANY, doing business as TWINSPIRES.COM, versus CHUCK TROUT, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Texas Racing C

COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF (re Dormant Commerce Clause et. al.)

Churchill Downs Inc. challenging Texas law that would ban TwinSpires.com: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In a bold move to keep online wagers on...more

#NBCfail: Twitter, the Olympics, Guy Adams & Justin Bieber [Video]

Aug. 1 (Bloomberg Law) -- Trevor Timm from the Electronic Frontier Foundation talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the recent controversy surrounding the temporary suspension of journalist Guy Adams' twitter account....more

Higher Education Highlights - Spring 2012

In This Issue: - Will the U.S. Supreme Court Uphold Race-Based Affirmative Action? pages 1 - 3 - UCLA and Professor Face Fines and Criminal Charges in the Aftermath of Fatal Lab Fire pages 4 - 5 - Law School...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

Tips for School Administrators on How to Handle "Sexting"

A high school boy receives, via text message, naked photos of his girlfriend from her. Later in the week, the boy shares the photos with several of his classmates, and forwards the text messages to several of his basketball...more

Numbers for Lawyers

Most law students and lawyers that I have met share a common fear: numbers. The problem is that lawyers must confront numbers in many areas of the law, whether they are calculating child support for their client, advising a...more

"Justice for All," Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DNA Database

This case note analyzes the 2007 Ninth Circuit case United States v. Kriesel in depth and comments on the larger policy implications of using DNA databases. EXCERPT: “We want to make certain that every American can bank...more

Right of Petition in Cyber Space

Blog posting addressing the First Amendment Rights in Cyber Space. ...more

Fenwick Employment Brief

IN THIS ISSUE: *NLRB Prohibits Use Of Work Email For Union Organizing *Union Must Be Allowed To Distribute Handbills In Shopping Mall *Employer Liable For Retaliation And Failure To Engage In Interactive Process *NEWS...more