A judge in Washington state has enjoined garbage-inspection provisions of a Seattle ordinance that bars residents from placing food waste or compostable paper in garbage containers.
During oral arguments on Wednesday, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. appeared to be firmly on the side of states that make it a crime for drivers to refuse to submit…
Ethics regulators may pursue a case against two lawyers accused of using a paralegal to friend a litigant and access nonpublic Facebook pages, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled…
A lawyer with the Oregon Department of Justice claims he was the victim of racial bias when co-workers investigated his tweets that used the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter.
Plaintiffs are seeking to cite hacked documents—including lawyer emails—to allege that the Ashley Madison dating website defrauded the public by creating fake female profiles to interest potential male clients.
Microsoft has filed a lawsuit challenging a law that creates a low standard for banning disclosure of search warrants seeking its customers’ digital information.
A federal appeals court has found no Fourth Amendment violation in the government’s use of cell-site records to establish that two suspects used their cell phones close to the locations…
Police departments across the country are using facial recognition software to match images captured by their surveillance cameras with photos of fugitives or mug shot databases. But are police failing…
A federal magistrate judge in Boston has issued an order requiring Apple to help the FBI access a locked iPhone to get potential evidence for a gang case.
A Texas mom who secretly recorded a coach’s locker-room comments to students is asking Texas’ top criminal court to rule she didn’t violate the state’s wiretap law.
A Maryland appeals court has ruled that police generally need a search warrant to use devices that mimic cellphone towers to track suspects’ cellphones.