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Judge Excludes Tannin E-Mail
The U.S. District Court Judge presiding over the Bear Stearns Asset Management fraud case (U.S. v. Cioffi) has excluded from evidence an e-mail written by Matthew Tannin using his personal account because "the warrant did not, on its face, limit the...
$37,500 for Cell Phone Calls
Magistrate judge orders judgment of $37,500 for 75 unsolicited marketing calls made to plaintiff's cell phone.LAWRENCE M. SCLAFANI v. I.C. System...
Court rejects TD Ameritrade class-action settlement
Omaha, Neb. (AP) -- A federal judge has refused to approve a class-action settlement over contact information stolen from online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco says the deal offers little signi...
Supreme Court Rules on School Strip Search Case
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Strip Search of Student Suspected of Carrying Prescription Drugs Violates Fourth Amendment Safford Unified School See: District #1 v. Redding U.S. June 25, 2009) Click on "Privacy & Information"...
Supreme Court Limits Search Incident to Arrest to Area Within Reaching Distance
The U.S. Supreme Court has clarified Belton, holding that police may condict a search incident to arrest only the area within reaching distance. The court rejected a bright-line rule permitting searches of a vehicle when arresting a driver or passeng...
Bounty Hunters and the Fourth Amendment
Are bounty hunters covered by the Fourth Amendment?See Privacy & Information - April 2009...
