In a closely watched decision, the United States Supreme Court recently held in Carpenter v. United States that government prosecutors must seek a warrant to obtain cell phone site location information from cell phone service...more
7/18/2018
/ Carpenter v US ,
Cell Phones ,
Cell Site Location Information (CSLI) ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Electronic Records ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Exigent Circumstances ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Geolocation ,
Location Data ,
Probable Cause ,
Reasonable Expectation of Privacy ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Third-Party ,
Warrantless Searches
On remand from the Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held for the second time that the plaintiff in Robins v. Spokeo, Inc. has standing to proceed in federal court with claims under the Fair...more
8/29/2017
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Article III ,
Congressional Intent ,
Data Privacy ,
Determination on Remand ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
False Reporting ,
Future Harm ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
Job Applicants ,
SCOTUS ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing ,
Statutory Rights
In an Opinion authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy for a 7-1 majority, the United States Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, et al., allowed public colleges and universities to retain their affirmative...more