Privacy
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Privacy, Technology
Recent International Study Reports Delinquencies in App Privacy Disclosures
Ed note: This post originally appeared on InfoLawGroup. In a recently reported study released by the the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (“GPEN”), the GPEN found that a testing sample of 1,211 mobile apps accessed during May of this year failed to provide users with adequate privacy protections under current regulatory provisions in the United States […] -
11th Circuit, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Drugs, Federal Judges, Insider Trading, Judicial Nominations, Law Firm Mergers, Marijuana, Morning Docket, Privacy, Wall Street
Morning Docket: 09.09.14
* Mathew Martoma, the former Harvard law student who fabricated his transcript when applying for clerkships, gets nine years in prison for insider trading. [DealBook / New York Times]
* If Bingham McCutchen moves forward on merger talks with Morgan Lewis, a bunch of Bingham partners might bail. [American Lawyer]
* Congratulations to Judge Jill Pryor, who will join Judge Bill Pryor on the Eleventh Circuit. [Fulton County Daily Report]
* Can you be fired for medical marijuana in Colorado, where the drug is legal even for recreational purposes? [ABA Journal]
* Dewey have some good news for the embattled ex-leaders of the defunct law firm? [New York Law Journal]
* Home Depot is the latest major retailer to be hit by a data breach. [Washington Post]
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Education / Schools, Fashion, Kids, Lawsuit of the Day, Privacy, Rank Stupidity
'Shame Suit' Leads To Stupid Lawsuit
Dude, your daughter is in high school. The only punishment she understands is humiliation... -
Technology
“BYOD Bill of Rights” May Help Concerns about Privacy
Ed note: This post originally appeared on Peter S. Vogel’s Internet, Information Technology & e-Discovery Blog. A recent survey about BYOD (“Bring Your Own Device”) resulted in the finding that “78% of employees use their own mobile devices for work” and “the use of personal technology to access corporate data can be solved by better […]
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Celebrities, Gay, Privacy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
LBJ, FBI, And SCOTUS All Spying On George Hamilton Because... Gay Stuff
Basically, the government spied on its people just as much in the 60s as it does today, it's just back then knowing gay people made you "a potential terrorist" instead of "Bravo's demographic." -
Celebrities, Privacy, Technology
Why Jennifer Lawrence's Leaked Nude Photos Should Be Important to Lawyers
What lessons can lawyers learn from this unfortunate episode? -
Federal Government
Wearable Device Privacy - A Legislative Priority?
Ed note: This post originally appeared on Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog. Seemingly every day, new types of wearable devices are popping up on the market. Google Glass, Samsung’s Gear, Fitbit (a fitness and activity tracker), Pulse (a fitness tracker that measures heart rate and blood oxygen), and Narrative (a wearable, automatic camera) are just […] -
Technology
Court Grants Search Warrant to Entire Apple eMail Account for [REDACTED]@mac.com
Ed note: This post originally appeared on Peter S. Vogel’s Internet, Information Technology & e-Discovery Blog. A Judge ruled it was unreasonable to ask Apple “to execute a search warrant” which “could pose problems, as non-government employees, untrained in the details of criminal investigation, likely lack the requisite skills and expertise to determine whether a […] -
Federal Government
Cloud at Risk as Microsoft is Ordered to Produce Data in Ireland
Ed note: This post originally appeared on Peter S. Vogel’s Internet, Information Technology & e-Discovery Blog. As part of a drug trafficking investigation the US government persuaded a Court to issue a warrant that “purports to authorize the Government to search any and all of Microsoft’s facilities worldwide” according to Microsoft’s opposition brief filed on […] -
4th Circuit, Crime, Fashion, Immigration, Legal Ethics, Non-Sequiturs, Privacy, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 07.18.14
* Latter-day Dan Fielding seems to have used his office to meet the ladies: alleged to have had an affair with and then impregnate a woman he prosecuted. When she raised the issue with his wife, he filed a motion to revoke her probation. This is all terrible, but the weirdest part was having to have her defense counsel in the bedroom the whole time. [Lexington Herald-Leader] * Woman shot a guy because he didn’t ejaculate enough. The most dreaded words in that neighborhood must be, “Omar’s not comin’ yo.” [Detroit Free Press] * What caused the child immigration crisis at the border? Turns out it was Free Slurpee Day. Who knew? [CNBC] * Overcommunication is a virtue. Did you hear that? Overcommunication is a good thing. It really is. You should overcommunicate. It’s good. [What About Clients?] * Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III thinks the criminal justice system is just super. As far as innocent people going to jail, them’s the breaks. [Wrongful Convictions Blog] * A guy’s guide to lawyerly fashion. It misses my personal pet peeve: use collar stays! Seriously, how do people not know this? [Attorney at Work] * There were a record number of data breaches in New York last year. The problem is the persistent use of 12345 as a password. [Information Law Group] -
California, Celebrities, Cellphones, Constitutional Law, Death Penalty, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Law Schools, Military / Military Law, Money, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.17.14
* There’s a very good chance that if you go in-house, you could wind up making more money than even the wealthiest of Biglaw partners. But how much more? Take a look at the latest GC compensation survey. [Corporate Counsel]
* GM has hired outside counsel to review the way the company handles its litigation practices. Since we’re not sure which, we’ll take bets on whether this “well-respected outside law firm” is Wachtell or Jenner & Block. [WSJ Law Blog]
* A federal judge in California ruled that the state’s death penalty was unconstitutional. A defendant living with the “slight possibility of death” violates the Eighth Amendment. Damn appeals! [New York Times]
* “He hasn’t been charged with anything at the moment and we’ll deal with the charges when they’re filed.” Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl hired Yale Law lecturer Eugene R. Fidell, a military law expert (and husband of noted legal journalist Linda Greenhouse). [New Haven Register]
* We all know that George Clooney’s fiancée, Amal Alamuddin, has both beauty and brains. What we didn’t know is that she poses for incredibly embarrassing pictures, just like the rest of us. [Us Weekly]
* How do Americans feel about the Supreme Court’s recent cellphone privacy ruling, Riley v. California? [Digital Constitution / Microsoft]
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Baseball, Biglaw, Defamation, Jury Duty, Law Schools, Madonna, Morning Docket, Murder, Privacy, SCOTUS, Sports, Supreme Court, Technology, Trials
Morning Docket: 07.08.14
* Squire Patton Boggs has announced the new leadership structure of its lobbying and public policy practice. It’s really no surprise that the head honchos of the group hail from the Patton Boggs side of the recent merger. [Politico]
* “It’s funny how the Supreme Court reaches down and picks this case.” The most important digital privacy case of our time just happened to be filed by Stanford Law’s SCOTUS Litigation Clinic. Awesome. [San Jose Mercury News]
* If you’re caught on camera sleeping during a Yankees/Red Sox game, you can probably expect abuse from ESPN announcers. If you call someone an “unintelligent fatty” as an announcer, you can probably expect a $10M defamation suit. [New York Post]
* “I’m proud to do my job.” Madonna finally rescheduled her jury duty session in New York City, but she was dismissed early so as not to create a “further distraction for the courthouse.” [New York Daily News]
* It’s been three years since Casey Anthony was acquitted of her daughter’s murder. Let us remember this most amazing voicemail: “CASEY ANTHONY NEEDS TO ROT IN HELL! SHE NEEDS TO DIE!” [CNN]
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Cellphones, Privacy, Supreme Court, Technology, White-Collar Crime
Search Warrants To ISPs, The Supreme Court, And Electronic Privacy
The Supreme Court's latest privacy decision could have important implications beyond cellphone data. -
Cellphones, Crime, John Roberts, Police, Privacy, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology
SCOTUS Gets Saucy With The Po-Po
What are the highlights from today's Supreme Court ruling on the police's ability to search cellphones? -
Litigators, Litigatrix, Privacy, Quote of the Day, Technology
Edward Snowden's Lawyer Is One Bad-Ass Chick
What are some of the technological luxuries she's given up to keep his secrecy intact? -
Barack Obama, Federal Government, Politics, Privacy, Technology, White-Collar Crime
Nietzsche, American Power, And Edward Snowden
What does the handling of the Edward Snowden affair say about the U.S. government? -
Clerkships, Email Scandals, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Privacy, Screw-Ups, Technology
Oops! Top Law School Email Screw-Up Reveals Grades, Ranks Of All Clerkship Applicants
This is one of the juiciest and most prestigious accidental data dumps we've seen yet. Which law school did it? -
Federal Government, Politics, Privacy, Technology
Did Edward Snowden Have Options?
And how well did Snowden think through his options before acting? -
1st Circuit, Antonin Scalia, Copyright, Elena Kagan, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Privacy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Technology
Non-Sequiturs: 05.19.14
* Justice Kagan received a Supreme Court fact check when she confused the site of the nation’s oldest standing synagogue with the home of the nation’s first Jewish community. At least she didn’t make a mistake about the actual law that she actually wrote. [WSJ Law Blog] * Justice Scalia may not understand how cell phones work, but even he gets net neutrality — because it’s a lot like pizza. [The Atlantic] * Marc Randazza describes the need for a right to be forgotten online. Getting forgotten online? Hey, we found a new job for Jill Abramson. [CNN] * A woman threatened to shoot up a South Carolina Burger King over a stale roll. Don’t tell her what “pink slime” is. [New York Daily News] * Cops arrest upwards of 40 people while trying to catch a bank robber. When you read the whole history, it’s actually surprising they weren’t limiting their search to people in stripes carrying bags with dollar signs on them. [Slate] * Corporate lawyer fits right into the rising phenomenon of “Bulls**t Jobs.” [Strike! Magazine] * Earlier today we wrote about a possible crowdfunded lawsuit. Here’s a discussion of legal issues involved in crowdfunding generally. [IT-Lex] * Sen. Rand Paul has a stupid idea, so he’ll probably convince a bunch of liberals to go along with it. And that would be bad news for Professor David Barron’s nomination to the First Circuit. [New Republic] * Led Zeppelin is getting sued over allegedly stealing the opening riff from Stairway to Heaven. It turns out there’s some band out there who’s sure that all that glitters is gold and they want some of it. A clip of the alleged original below…. [The Guardian] -
Bad Ideas, Privacy, SCOTUS, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Supreme Court, Television
Unemployed Lawyer Plans Hunger Strike On Steps Of Supreme Court
Who is the man who intends to starve himself on the steps of America’s highest court?