NEW & NOTEWORTHY
• Disk With Data on
2.9M Georgians Lost
• Principal
Sues Youths Over MySpace Fakes
• Teen Charged with
Using Web Site to Run Prostitution Service
WORLD
BEAT
• U.S. Blasts China Over Copyright Piracy
•
Google Apologizes to Chinese Rival in Software
Dispute
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
• Vodafone
Signs Multimillion-Euro (-Dollar) Network Deal with Ericsson
•
Nokia, Qualcomm Continue Talks on Licensing Agreement
RECENT CASE
SUMMARIES
• US v. Heckenkamp
• US v.
Barrows
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NEW & NOTEWORTHY:
DISK
WITH DATA ON 2.9M GEORGIANS LOST
(AP) - A disk
containing the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of 2.9
million Medicaid and children's health care recipients is missing,
Georgia health officials said Tuesday. Read
more...
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a Related Article in FindLaw's Legal Technology Center
PRINCIPAL
SUES YOUTHS OVER MYSPACE FAKES
(AP) - A school
principal sued four former students who he claims posted parody
MySpace.com profiles saying he smoked pot, kept beer at school and
liked having sex with students. Read
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Article on Kids' Internet Misconduct
TEEN
CHARGED WITH USING WEB SITE TO RUN PROSTITUTION
SERVICE
(AP) - A teenager once arrested alongside
her mother in a prostitution case has been accused of running an
escort service out of her suburban Chicago home using the popular
Web site Craigslist. Read
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WORLD BEAT:
U.S.
BLASTS CHINA OVER COPYRIGHT PIRACY
(AP) - The Bush
administration announced new trade cases against China on Monday
over copyright piracy and restrictions on the sale of American
movies, music and books. Read
more...
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for International Law
GOOGLE
APOLOGIZES TO CHINESE RIVAL IN SOFTWARE DISPUTE
(AP)
- Google Inc. apologized Monday to a Chinese rival that complained
its data were used by the U.S. search giant in a new Internet tool
in an incident that highlighted the intense competition in China's
booming online market. Read
more...
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• Web Guide to Legal
Software
OPEN FOR BUSINESS:
VODAFONE
SIGNS MULTIMILLION-EURO (-DOLLAR) NETWORK DEAL WITH
ERICSSON
(AP) - Vodafone Group PLC said Tuesday it
had signed a multimillion-euro (-dollar) deal with equipment group
Ericsson to manage part of its European networks. Read
more...
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NOKIA,
QUALCOMM CONTINUE TALKS ON LICENSING AGREEMENT
(AP)
- Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it is continuing talks with Qualcomm Inc.
on a licensing agreement that expired. Read
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RECENT CASE SUMMARIES:
US
V. HECKENKAMP
(U.S. 9th Circuit) - Denial of motions
to suppress evidence in a prosecution for recklessly causing damage
by intentionally accessing a protected computer without
authorization are affirmed where: 1) although defendant had a
reasonable expectation of privacy in his personal computer, a
limited warrantless remote search of the computer was justified
under the "special needs" exception to the warrant requirement; and
2) a subsequent search of his dorm room was justified, based on
information obtained by means independent of a university search of
the room. Read
more...
US
V. BARROWS
(U.S. 10th Circuit) - A city treasurer's
conviction on child pornography charges is affirmed over a challenge
to the denial of a motion to suppress where defendant did not
possess a reasonable expectation of privacy in the personal computer
he brought to work, sufficient to warrant protection from a
government search. Read
more...
