Federal judge: Trump voting commission data request is allowed
A federal district judge on Monday allowed President Donald Trump's election commission to move forward by dismissing the need for a prior privacy impact assessment before collecting voter data. US District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denied...
Advocacy group seeks to block Trump voter information request
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed suit Wednesday and has sought temporary injunctive relief against the Trump administration's request for voter information. EPIC alleges that the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity (PACEI)...
UN rights experts urge independent investigation in South Sudan
The three-member UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan called Friday for the establishment of an independent system to investigate violations in South Sudan. The establishment of the system would help with the integration of the hybrid...
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari to 16 new cases . The Court granted review on a variety of civil and criminal cases. The civil cases include both substantive and procedural questions. Substantively, in Sandoz, Inc....
US appeals court denies 'right to deletion' of digital evidence
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday concluded that enforcement officials acted in good faith when they retained and searched copies of electronic files seized during a separate investigation that took place...
Federal appeals court rules employer cannot make employees sign class action waiver
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Thursday that an employer may not coerce an employee to waive his or her right to bring a class action suit. In its decision, the...
Republicans Play Hypocritical Politics With the Supreme Court
JURIST Guest Columnist Bryan H. Wildenthal of Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego discusses the history of Supreme Court vacancies and presidential nominations during presidential election years...Justice Antonin Scalia, one of the most provocative judges in American...
Britain's High Court ruled on Thursday that Google can be sued by British citizens in the UK despite Google's arguments that the case does not fall under British jurisdiction. The company is being sued for...
Agencies Behaving Badly: Government Surveillance and Privacy Act Violations
Khaliah Barnes, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Illinois on Wednesday became the sixteenth US state to legalize same-sex marriage when Governor Pat Quinn signed the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act (Act) . Although the Act allows same-sex couples to marry,...
