Girl barred from school over Ebola fears is back in class, and lawsuit is settled

A Connecticut girl who was barred from school for 21 days after returning from a trip to Nigeria has returned to the classroom. The 7-year-old girl, a third-grader at Meadowside Elementary School in Milford, Connecticut, was allowed back in school Friday after the settlement of a lawsuit against the school…

Nov 3, 2014 2:25 PM CST

Security Test: Innovative lab checks digital products for privacy risks

Nov 1, 2014 1:58 AM CDT

FBI faked Associated Press news story to identify teen suspect in high school bomb-threats case

Seeking to download law enforcement malware onto the computer of a teenager suspected of making bomb threats against a Washington state high school, the FBI admittedly faked a news story. Then the FBI planted the bogus article about the threats, which purported to have been published by the Associated Press,…

Oct 29, 2014 11:50 AM CDT

Snail-mail monitoring expands; lawyers complain of privilege violations, lack of oversight

The U.S. Postal Service approved nearly 50,000 requests last year to monitor the mail of Americans in its “mail covers” program, raising concerns about lack of oversight. The report by the Postal Service’s inspector general suggests that the monitoring is more extensive than previously disclosed, the New York Times reports.…

Oct 28, 2014 11:20 AM CDT

New law says individuals can’t track each other via GPS once they are warned not to

Under a new state law that took effect on Tuesday in New York, it is now a crime for individuals to stalk each other using global positioning system devices. But such conduct becomes a misdeameanor only after the target notifies the person responsible that such conduct is unwelcome, Syracuse.com reports.…

Oct 21, 2014 5:30 PM CDT

Selfies posted online are being mass-scanned for marketing insights

Those who publicly post seflies on sites including Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest, Tumblr and Twitter may be sharing more than they realize. Mass-scanning of the photos allows marketers to identify brand and product preferences of those depicted. Companies can then use the information to develop more effective advertising campaigns, by linking…

Oct 9, 2014 4:35 PM CDT

How can you protect your privacy following recent iPhone updates?

Should you trust that Apple protects your privacy in its new iPhone and iPad update? Probably not, according to the bloggers at GottaBeMobile. As ABA Techshow speakers pointed out in March, lawyers must be especially vigilant about securing their mobile devices to guard any potentially sensitive client data. Here are…

Oct 7, 2014 1:14 PM CDT

Google threatened with $100M suit over hacked celebrity photos

A demand letter has been sent to Google accusing the company of failing to remove from its index photos taken from celebrities’ hacked iCloud accounts. The letter, sent on Wednesday by lawyer Martin D. Singer, threatens a $100 million lawsuit, according to Hollywood Esq. Singer writes that since the photos…

Oct 2, 2014 2:14 PM CDT

Data-Driven: Latest highway technology speeds up info-gathering, but critics say it violates privacy

Oct 1, 2014 6:10 AM CDT

Lights, Camera ... Evidence: Video is the latest defense to rape charges

Oct 1, 2014 4:20 AM CDT

Wrongly labeled a porn star by DJs, former 1L is awarded $1M in suit against radio station

A former law student at the University of Kansas has been awarded $1 million in a suit against a radio station asserting its DJs wrongly labeled her as a porn star. Federal jurors on Friday ordered radio station owner Entercom Kansas City to pay the plaintiff, Ashley Patton, $250,000 in…

Sep 30, 2014 7:17 AM CDT

Misidentified as a porn star by DJs, former 1L testifies against radio station in privacy suit

A former law student testified on Thursday that she still struggles with anxiety more than two years after two Kansas City radio personalities wrongly labeled her a porn star on their morning radio show. Ashley Patton was a 1L when her name was broadcast on KRBZ 96.5 FM in April…

Sep 26, 2014 7:59 AM CDT

Lawyer accused of taping sex with underage girl gets probation; plea agreement bars press release

A Tennessee lawyer initially accused of paying a 14-year-old girl for sex and taping the encounters has been sentenced to probation in a case that made the news despite a ban on press releases. Kent Booher, 59, of Harriman, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to statutory rape in a plea deal on…

Sep 24, 2014 7:11 AM CDT

NCIS trolling for child porn offenders violates Posse Comitatus regulations, 9th Circuit says

A federal appeals court has tossed evidence of child pornography because it was obtained as a result of a broad online investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, violating policies and regulations banning military enforcement of civilian laws. The Sept. 12 ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court…

Sep 22, 2014 9:11 AM CDT

Fired John Doe prosecutor can remain anonymous in suit against Justice Department, judge rules

A federal prosecutor who claims he was wrongly fired because of an anxiety disorder can keep his name a secret in his lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said the John Doe plaintiff could have trouble doing his job…

Sep 11, 2014 5:45 AM CDT