Earlier this year, we wrote on the Fourth Circuit's en banc rehearing in United States v. Chatrie, a criminal appeal addressing whether a geofence warrant used to locate the defendant in a bank robbery trial was a...more
The Supreme Court refusing to hear a case is nothing new, but an otherwise run-of-the-mill denial of the cert petition in Franklin v. New York, 604 U.S. ____ (2025) was accompanied by statements from Justices Alito and...more
3/27/2025
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Confrontation Clause ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Due Process ,
Evidence ,
Hearsay ,
Judicial Authority ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
When you use your cellphone to search for businesses near you, you may opt into data collection about your location with an accuracy of within a few hundred feet. Often, unless you affirmatively opt out later, that data...more
1/28/2025
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Law Enforcement ,
Location Data ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Concerns ,
Privacy Laws ,
Tracking Systems ,
Web Tracking