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To Repair or Not to Repair Electronic Devices? More Right to Repair Laws on the Horizon

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Right to repair laws have come in and out of the public eye over the last decade. While many of the earliest laws covered only specific industries, such as the automotive and farm equipment industries, many states are looking...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

First-in-the-Nation TCPA Result: Court Holds Direct Dropped Voicemails are Covered by the TCPA

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Despite Jay Edelson’s pronouncement this week that there is no new ground to till in TCPAland, a court this week just issued yet another first-in-the-nation ruling and it could have a big impact on users of so-called “direct...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Carpenter v. United States Privacy Case Pushes Supreme Court to Decide Fourth Amendment Protections of Cell Phone Metadata

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what may become one of the defining consumer privacy cases of our generation. The central question in Carpenter v. United States asks whether the government violates the Fourth...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Drawing the Line: Supreme Court Addresses Major Privacy Rights in Cell Phone Dispute

On Wednesday, November 29, 2017, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the appeal of Timothy Carpenter, a man convicted and sentenced to 116 years for his role in a series of armed robberies. In proving his guilt, prosecutors...more

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Today in Major Case Regarding Cell Phone Location Privacy

In Carpenter v. United States, federal investigators sought cellphone location data for a set of persons suspected in a series of robberies. The Fourth Amendment prevents the government from conducting unreasonable searches...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Call (Un)Answered (the Second Ring): FCC Issues Sweeping Package of Declaratory Rulings on TCPA Petitions

In some of its most comprehensive guidance published in years, resolving more than 20 petitions requesting clarification of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on July 10...more

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