By Evan Kubota The JOLT Digest is proud to reintroduce the Flash Digest! Flash Digest posts will provide brief summaries of recent news and developments in law and technology, along with links to more in-depth discussions. Flash Digest will allow us to expand our coverage to legal issues that have not yet reached the courts or passed through Congress, but that will likely be of interest to our readers. We have posted Flash Digests in the past, but we hope ... Read More...
Archive for the ‘Privacy’ Category
Pennsylvania District Court Dismisses Boring v. Google, Inc. By Aaron Dulles – Edited by Jay Gill Boring v. Google, Inc. Western District of Pennsylvania, February 17, 2009, No. 08-694 District Court Memorandum Opinion A magistrate judge in the Western District of Pennsylvania dismissed all claims by Aaron and Christine Boring against Google for photographs taken of the Borings’ house and pool for use in the Street View feature of Google Maps. The Borings had filed suit in April 2008 after discovering ... Read More...
Motion to Keep Secret the Identities of Alleged Copyright Infringers Denied: State University of New York at Albany Forced to Reveal Students’ Identities By Tyler Lacey – Edited by Jay Gill Arista Records LLC v. Does 1-16 N.D.N.Y., February 18, 2009, No. 1:08-CV-765 Order On February 18, 2009, United States Magistrate Judge Randolph F. Treece of the Northern District of New York denied a motion to quash a subpoena that would force the State University of New York at Albany ... Read More...
Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc in Quon v. Arch Wireless Text Message Privacy Case By Debbie Rosenbaum — Edited by Christina Hayes Quon v. Arch Wireless Operating Co. Ninth Circuit, No. 07-55282 Order denying rehearing en banc Opinion concurring in denial of rehearing en banc Opinion dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc On January 27, 2009, the Ninth Circuit denied rehearing en banc in Quon v. Arch Wireless, a case decided by a Ninth Circuit panel in June ... Read More...
District Court Finds FISA Preempts State Secrets Doctrine; Government Wiretap Litigation To Continue By Anna Lamut – Edited by Andrew Ungberg Al-Haramain v. Bush, No 06-1791 VRW, District Court for the Northern District of California, January 5, 2009 Order On Monday, January 5, 2009, Chief Judge Vaughn* Walker of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied the U.S. government’s third motion to dismiss the Al-Haramain v. Bush litigation, in which the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation sued the Bush administration for ... Read More...
