by Scott Cosenza | Sep 30, 2015 | Blog
Is it alright for the police to forbid you from traveling to and from your own home? Most (hopefully all!) people would agree that the police should not be legally allowed to do that. At least not without a compelling reason, such as a gas leak, or an unhinged...
by Scott Cosenza | Jul 22, 2015 | Blog
“A New York judge ruled Tuesday that Facebook has no legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of search warrants served on its users, highlighting the limits to online companies’ abilities to protect user privacy. Last year, Facebook appealed a court decision...
by Scott Cosenza | Jul 21, 2015 | Blog
Privacy advocates say Seattle is violating residents’ privacy “on a massive scale” by having garbage haulers look through people’s trash to make sure food scraps are going into the yard waste. We learn from the Seattle Times that some residents aren’t as fond of...
by Scott Cosenza | Jun 30, 2015 | Blog
In the City of Los Angeles v. Patel, the Supreme Court struck down a Los Angeles law which had required hotels to make their guest registries “available to any officer of the Los Angeles Police Department for Inspection” without the need for a warrant. Link In a...