Daily Archives: September 23, 2019

Motherboard: The Private Surveillance System That Tracks Cars Nationwide

Motherboard: The Private Surveillance System That Tracks Cars Nationwide (“It’s not just the NSA with all of the surveillance power in America, there’s a booming corporate-owned surveillance industry used by private investigators.”).

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The Appeal: With Vast Surveillance Network, Pittsburgh D.A. Has ‘Created a Dystopian’

The Appeal: With Vast Surveillance Network, Pittsburgh D.A. Has ‘Created a Dystopian’ by Kira Lerner (“Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala has gotten into the surveillance game, but advocates say that raises questions about his role.”)

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Corporate Counsel/Law.com: Analysis: U.S. Privacy Law and Employee Monitoring: On a Collision Course?

Corporate Counsel/Law.com: Analysis: U.S. Privacy Law and Employee Monitoring: On a Collision Course? By Risa B. Boerner and Jeffrey M. Csercsevits (“Gone are the days when employers could expect to monitor employees’ behavior and activity with relative impunity.”)

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W.D.Ark.: Whether windshield was cracked enough to be a violation of traffic laws doesn’t matter, it was still cracked which was enough for a stop

Defendant was stopped because of a crack in the windshield. He argued it wasn’t sufficiently cracked to be a violation of law. The point is, however, that the stop was at least justified by the crack. “To summarize, Officer Johnson … Continue reading

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OH2: On entry to arrest defendant when children were found at home, it was not unreasonable to look for others to care for them

On arresting defendant at home, the police later obtained a search warrant, too. The initial entry into the rest of the house to look for someone to tend to the children with defendant at the time of arrest was reasonable. … Continue reading

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D.P.R.: Colombia requesting U.S. telephone number so they could wiretap it didn’t make this a joint venture

The Colombian government requested a U.S. telephone number, and then they wiretapped it under their law. Later, they provided some information off the wiretap to the U.S. This was not sufficiently a joint venture to invoke the Fourth Amendment. United … Continue reading

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W.D.N.Y.: The fact a SW affidavit for guns also suggests drugs doesn’t make a Franks issue; a SW can have a dual purpose but rely more heavily on one

Defendant fails to satisfy his Franks burden that the affidavit for the search warrant was intended to be misleading. The affidavit was for trafficking in firearms, but a CI’s statement also references drugs. Defendant’s conclusory allegations don’t satisfy the “substantial … Continue reading

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AL: Failure to have arrest warrant in hand under state law voids the arrest and the search incident that occurred; Heien inapplicable

Defendant was unreasonably and mistakenly arrested without the officer having the arrest warrant in hand as required by state law, and the search incident to the arrest is suppressed. The court finds Heien and the good faith exception inapplicable because … Continue reading

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