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Federal Privacy Claims Over Release Of Confidential Report Rejected By Pa. Judge

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A school board member has no standing to sue school officials, members of the media or a private citizen for the leak of a confidential report on an investigation in which she was interviewed because the public had a legitimate interest

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Company Faces Class Suit For Internet Cookies That Allegedly Re-Spawn

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A company that, in concert with commercial websites, set its browser cookies to "re-spawn" has engaged in "a pattern of covert online surveillance" and committed multiple privacy violations, a class alleges in a complaint filed Aug

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Majority Affirms Insurer Had No Duty To Defend Under Advertising Injury Clause

PHILADELPHIA - Although an underlying complaint contains a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claim, it does not address a privacy interest covered by two business owners' liability coverage insurance policies' "advertising injury" clause, a majority

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Calif. Federal Judge Allows 1 Privacy Claim Against FBI To Proceed

SAN DIEGO - Two California men who were under surveillance by the FBI after they advertised a three-day event in which they offered notarized documentations of residency may proceed with single constitutional privacy claim, a California federal judge

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Pa. Federal Judge Dismisses Privacy Claim Against Bill Collector

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man failed to show that a bill collector violated his privacy by calling his father-in-law about an alleged outstanding payday loan, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Aug. 11 (Douglas Donnachie v. Frank S. Falzone & Assoc

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Maryland Woman Argues Against Arbitration, Claims She Was Too Drunk To Agree

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Maryland woman's claims that her privacy was invaded when she fraternized with cast members of a hit reality show during filming belong in court, not before an arbitrator, because questions remain regarding her mental capacity when

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Ohio Federal Judge Dismisses Privacy Suit By 'Joe The Plumber'

COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio federal judge on Aug. 4 dismissed a privacy lawsuit by the man dubbed "Joe the Plumber" during the 2008 presidential campaign who claimed that three officials in the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) searched

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Pennsylvania Appellate Court Finds Man Lacks Privacy While Praying In Public Place

HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man had no right to privacy while praying in a public place, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled Aug. 10 (Ahmed Tagouma v. Investigative Consultant Services, Inc., et al., No. 987 MDA 2009; 2010 Pa. Super. LEXIS 2099

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1st Circuit: Retention, Use Of DNA Sample When Probation Ends Is Allowed

BOSTON - The retention and use of a person's DNA profile when he is no longer on probation does not constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 11 (Martin Boroian v. Robert

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7th Circuit: No Right To Privacy In Backpack After Denying Ownership

CHICAGO - An Indiana man who denied ownership of a backpack containing drugs that he was carrying when stopped by police lacked any privacy interest in the bag, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 11 (United States of America v. Eddie

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Split 9th Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing In Appeal Over Mobile Tracking Device

PORTLAND, Ore. - A split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 12 denied a petition for rehearing en banc in a case involving law enforcement entering the curtilage of an Oregon man's home and attaching a mobile tracking device to his vehicle (United

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D.C. Circuit Bars Extended Warrantless Use Of GPS Tracking

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Police officers' use of a global positioning system (GPS) for an extended period of time without a warrant to track the moves of a suspect violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the District of Columbia Circuit Court

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Rite Aid Settles HIPAA Suit For $1M

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rite Aid Corp. and its 40 affiliated entities will pay $1 million to settle alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced July

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Abortion Doctor Granted Partial Injunction In Suit Over Medical Info Ordinance

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - An abortion doctor was granted a partial preliminary injunction against an Indiana county board of commissioners on Aug. 11 by an Indiana federal judge in a lawsuit challenging an ordinance requiring out-of-town doctors to turn over

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1st Circuit: Maine Law Shielding Prescribing Practices Isn't Unconstitutional

BOSTON - A First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 5 said Maine's law allowing drug prescribers to decide whether they want to have their prescribing information given to aggregators for drug marketing purposes is not unconstitutional (IMS Health

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Federal Privacy Claims Over Release Of Confidential Report Rejected By Pa. Judge

Company Faces Class Suit For Internet Cookies That Allegedly Re-Spawn

Majority Affirms Insurer Had No Duty To Defend Under Advertising Injury Clause

Calif. Federal Judge Allows 1 Privacy Claim Against FBI To Proceed

Pa. Federal Judge Dismisses Privacy Claim Against Bill Collector

Maryland Woman Argues Against Arbitration, Claims She Was Too Drunk To Agree

Ohio Federal Judge Dismisses Privacy Suit By 'Joe The Plumber'

Pennsylvania Appellate Court Finds Man Lacks Privacy While Praying In Public Place

1st Circuit: Retention, Use Of DNA Sample When Probation Ends Is Allowed

7th Circuit: No Right To Privacy In Backpack After Denying Ownership

Split 9th Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing In Appeal Over Mobile Tracking Device

D.C. Circuit Bars Extended Warrantless Use Of GPS Tracking

Rite Aid Settles HIPAA Suit For $1M

Abortion Doctor Granted Partial Injunction In Suit Over Medical Info Ordinance

1st Circuit: Maine Law Shielding Prescribing Practices Isn't Unconstitutional