Privacy, Criminal Law

Judge’s Decision Awaited in NYC Stop and Frisk Trial

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 5/22/2013

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

HIPAA Enforcement: Unleashing The Dogs

by Michael Volkov on 5/21/2013

Prosecutors are a fun bunch and they love their jobs and their mission – to prosecute law-breakers for violating the law. ...more

California Moves One Step Closer to Passing Privacy Bill Requiring a Search Warrant for Providers' Customers' Emails

by Amy L. Pierce | Pillsbury Social Media, Entertainment &... on 5/17/2013

In a 33-1 vote, on May 13, the state Senate approved Senator Mark Leno's bill that would require state law enforcement officials to obtain a search warrant before asking service providers to disclose the contents of their...more

Warrantless Cell Phone Searches – A Look at the Case Law

by Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 5/14/2013

When a person is arrested with a cell phone, law enforcement officers will likely want to search the phone’s contents. Today’s smart phones are a treasure trove of contacts, calendars, voice and text messages, e-mail,...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - May 10, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/13/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - MISCELLANY - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY -...more

HHS Considers Amending HIPAA Privacy Rule to Permit Disclosure of Mental Health Information for Firearm Background Checks

by Cory Fox, Lynn Sessions | BakerHostetler on 5/8/2013

Adding yet another wrinkle to the nation’s contentious gun control debate, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) soliciting information and public...more

Insurance Coverage for Cyber Attacks

by Roberta Anderson | K&L Gates LLP on 5/8/2013

There’s no denying that the present-day Internet, while extraordinary, is increasingly scary. Cyber attacks of various types continue to escalate across the globe. As stated by one recent commentator: “Cybercrime is raging...more

Preventing Corruption While Protecting Personal Information

by Suhna Pierce, Ruti Smithline, Marian Waldmann | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/6/2013

Multinational businesses are subject to a patchwork of laws of the various jurisdictions in which they operate. Complying with the myriad rules and regulations can be challenging. Compliance obligations vary from one country...more

Sheriff Joe Costs Maricopa County Another $1.4M in Lawsuits

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 5/3/2013

An Arizona developer has settled a lawsuit against Maricopa Country, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas for $1.4 million. Conley Wolfswinkel had filed suit after his office was publicly...more

OCC Seeks Reconsideration Of Order Requiring Disclosure Of Non-Public Documents Related To Bank’s AML/CTF Compliance

by BuckleySandler LLP on 5/2/2013

On April 24, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York stayed an order that would have required a bank to disclose non-public supervisory information subject to the bank examination privilege. Wultz v....more

The Real Lesson of Chinese Cyberhacking

by Michael Spillner | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/1/2013

There’s been a lot of news lately about the Chinese military allegedly launching cyber attacks to steal U.S. trade secrets. This has gotten people riled up, including the President of the United States, who issued a 5-point...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - April 26, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/29/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - E-COMMERCE - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY -...more

DOJ Narrows "Carve Out" Practice Regarding Corporate Plea Agreements

by William M. Regan | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/26/2013

Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer in charge of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division recently announced changes to the division’s “carve-out practice” regarding corporate plea agreements. The changes aim to...more

Context, Content And Privacy In Warrantless Searches Of Cell Phone And Cameras

by Tim Banks | Dentons on 4/25/2013

Context and content matters to the assessment of reasonable expectations of privacy in criminal law matters. Recently, in R. v. B. (C.), 2013 CarswellOnt 3851 (SCJ), P. Smith J. considered the constitutionality of a...more

Filer Beware – The Growth Of Fraudulent Tax Returns

by Edward Brown | Burr & Forman on 4/24/2013

The filing of fraudulent tax returns resulting from identity theft is a growing business in America. If it wasn’t bad enough that the criminals would try to get money out of your bank or use the information to purchase goods...more

Court to Rule on Exceptions to Warrant Requirement for GPS Tracking

by Jeff Ifrah on 4/22/2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit is set to become the first federal appellate court to answer the question left open by the Supreme Court in United States v. Jones. Last year, the Court held in Jones that a...more

Can Police Enter Condominium Common Elements Without A Search Warrant?

by Barbara Holmes | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 4/17/2013

As reported in the Ottawa Citizen, in a recent drug trafficking case the Ontario Superior Court considered whether the police could enter, without a search warrant, the common elements of the condominium building in which the...more

Infobytes - A Weekly In-depth review of news & developments in the financial services industry - April 12, 2013

by BuckleySandler LLP on 4/15/2013

In This Issue: - FEDERAL ISSUES - STATE ISSUES - COURTS - FIRM NEWS - FIRM PUBLICATIONS - MORTGAGES - BANKING - CONSUMER FINANCE - SECURITIES - PRIVACY/DATA SECURITY - CRIMINAL...more

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

by Samster, Konkel & Safran, S.C. on 4/15/2013

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

New Virginia Law Protects Employees' Personal Identifying Information

by Beth P. Zoller | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 4/15/2013

Effective July 1, 2013, Virginia employers will be prohibited from releasing or communicating any personal identifying information of any current or former employee to a third party unless required by a court order, by a...more

IRS Phishing Fraud – What Can You Do?

by David Gair | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 4/12/2013

Every year the IRS publishes there Dirty Dozen tax scams. These are common scams that taxpayers face, but are most prevalent now during tax season....more

Do Police Need a Warrant to Track Your Cell Phone?

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 4/11/2013

Can police track your location via your cell phone without so much as obtaining a warrant? The answer, for now, is maybe. ...more

Corrections Officer Posts Gory Injury Pic on Facebook

by Lanier Law Group, P.A. on 4/10/2013

A correction officer at Rikers Island snapped a photo of a nasty wound which resulted from a random attack in the visitors’ center and shared it on Facebook with the caption of "The Things That Happens On The Island Shhh"....more

Court Denies Motion for Class Certification in Hannaford

by Erica Gann Kitaev | BakerHostetler on 4/5/2013

In an order surely to reverberate with both the plaintiffs’ and defense bar, on March 20, 2013, Judge D. Brock Hornby of the United States District Court for the District of Maine denied the plaintiffs’ motion to certify a...more

Internet Privacy Laws Under Debate

by Audet & Partners, LLP on 4/4/2013

The explosive pace of new technology has enabled people to connect and communicate in ways never before possible. Lawmakers and Internet advocates must now tango with each other in a scramble to keep up with the technology...more

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