A New Jersey appeals court recently ruled that a criminal suspect has no reasonable expectation of privacy in his cell phone number. By Alice Cheng In State v. DeFranco, the defendant schoolteacher was charged with sexual assault of a former student. Defendant filed a motion to suppress evidence of a telephone conversation with the victim,…
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Social Media and the Workplace
No one wants to lose his or her job over a Facebook post. However, most employees also do not think twice before griping about a boss in a status update, or posting a picture from last Friday night on a coworker’s wall. While free speech has historically been protected in the United States, there can also be…
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New Jersey Sues App Developer for COPPA violation
Company allegedly collected information from toddlers and children in kindergarten through 2nd grade, including first and last names, a picture and other information. By Alice Cheng New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs have filed suit against Los Angeles-based mobile app developer, 24×7 digital, for allegedly violating the…
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New York Proposes Internet Protection Act to Curb Cyber-Bullying and Defamation
Cyber-bullying bill may threaten anonymous speech in New York By Alice Cheng In an attempt to combat cyber-bullying, a bill entitled the Internet Protection Act has been proposed in New York, requiring New York-based websites to “remove any comments posted on his or her website by an anonymous poster unless such anonymous poster agrees to…
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