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One of the more interesting legal questions raised by digital technologies is this: Can the government compel a person to divulge the password to an encrypted computer without violating the Constitution’s protection against compelled self-incrimination? The question, which rarely arose a decade ago, is appearing with increasing frequency as full disk encryption becomes the default…
In lieu of the new Pennsylvania congressional district map, there has been tension from Republicans as they have fought to stop it. Both the federal District Court and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Republican requests of blocking the map. Twelve Republican Pennsylvania lawmakers filed legislation on March 20 to impeach the Democratic state Supreme Court…
On March 7, a U.S. district judge determined that cryptocurrencies can now be supervised by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. However, the CFTC will not be the only organization regulating the industry of cryptocurrencies. The ruling of U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein of New York clarified some common concerns: if the CFTC has authority…
Decision could allow defendants access to witnesses’ pre-trial social media posts The California Supreme Court recently heard a case pitting the due process rights of criminal defendants with the purported privacy rights of witnesses in a trial. At issue is whether a criminal defendant should be granted full access to the social media accounts of…
The City Prosecutor of Seattle has announced his office will appeal a March 2, 2018 court ruling in favor of a Seattle resident whose truck, which he used as his home, was impounded by the City. Steven Long, the defendant, also faced steep fines to recover it. If left standing, the ruling will likely prove…
Data breach attorneys and legal observers are eagerly awaiting clarity from the Supreme Court as to whether victims of data breaches have standing to sue in federal court. It seems they will have to keep waiting for now. On February 20, the Court denied a petition for certiorari in CareFirst v. Attias. A ruling in…
I do not have special powers or privileged access to Google listings, just a commitment to ensure that spammers cannot rank higher than their honest competitors in local results. If you have searched in your local market to see your ranking, you have probably come across a competitor stuffing keywords into its title and being…
There is a fine line between free speech and voter intimidation to be discussed when it comes to wearing political “items” in or outside a polling station. According to the Minnesota Voters Alliance the law pertaining to what to wear when voting needs to be either redrawn or clarified. Every state has a law creating…
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