Mar 29 2013
As I read the various arguments made before the US Supreme Court in the two gay marriage cases heard this week, and with Roman Catholic Easter coming up this Sunday, I can’t help but wish we could resurrect my personal legal Jesus, Earl Warren, to replace John Roberts as Chief Justice for awhile. Justice Warren …
Nov 26 2012
OK I have received many inquiries from people around the country about “FB’s new Guidelines” or “IP issues now that FB is public.” Just about every FB user has seen a proliferation of folks posting a statement about “owning their P rights” etc. It look something like this: In response to the new Facebook guidelines, …
Oct 05 2012
OK so this is not a sexy topic, like the Presidential Debate or Lindsay Lohan’s courtroom attire, but it is important. In a decision that will surprise many litigators, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (which covers NY) recently held in Chin v. Port Authority that the failure by a law …
Aug 14 2012
Social media’s insertion into the courtroom continues as a NY Federal Judge ruled that a criminal defendant’s Facebook posts about his criminal activity could form the bass for a search warrant into his home. Federal prosecutors got a look at Melvin Colon’s Facebook profile through the account of one of Colon’s friends, who was a …
Jan 23 2012
Today the Supreme Court in United States v. Jones decided that the District of Columbia’s Police Department’s attachment of GPS device to a suspected drug dealer’s car without a proper warrant violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable search and seizures. In overturning the conviction of Antoine Jones, who had received a life sentence for …