“New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today a settlement with Yahoo! Inc., the internet portal company based in Sunnyvale, California, that will protect consumers from unwanted email and telemarketing campaigns and ensure that they understand and control marketing solicitations.” [Link]
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Daily Archives: October 1, 2003
P2P File Sharing Hearing
U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Hearing, Privacy & Piracy: The Paradox of Illegal File Sharing on Peer-to-Peer Networks and the Impact of Technology on the Entertainment Industry, 9/30/03. Includes links to Member Statements as well as witness testimony (from four panels). See specifically Mitch Bainwol, Chairman & CEO, Recording Industry… Continue Reading
Bimonthly Review of Law Books
Bimonthly Review of Law Books. This link provides access to the current issue (Volume 14 Number 4 July/August 2003), as well as to the publication archives, which date back to December, 2000. According to publisher Brian Flaherty, Reference Librarian, New England School of Law Library, (co-publisher is Prof. Michael L. Rustad) the site will… Continue Reading
CDT Files Comments Opposing CAPPS II
“In comments filed September 30 on the government’s proposed “Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-screening System” (CAPPS II), CDT argued that use of the system to enforce ordinary criminal arrest warrants would dilute its effectiveness and increase the risk of error and privacy intrusion. CDT recommended a series of privacy limits and procedural safeguards to get CAPPS… Continue Reading
Comments on Alleged Leak of Classified Info By Administration
From PBS.org, an interview conducted by Terence Smith, with “Tom Rosenstiel, a veteran journalist and media critic for both the Los Angeles Times and MSNBC, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism…and Larry Johnson…a former CIA analyst and counterterrorism official at the State Department,” concerning the “apparent leak from the Bush White House that… Continue Reading
2003 Associates Survey from American Lawyer
From the American Lawyer today, the 2003 Associates Survey. “Firm-by-firm summaries of the whys and wherefores of the survey responses. From Akin Gump to Kramer Levin. From Latham & Watkins to Wolf Block.” Continue Reading
DOD Appropriations Act 2004
H.R. 2658/P.L. 108-87, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 (Sept. 30, 2003; 117 Stat. 1054; 56 pages). See also the homeland security appropriations FY 2004 Budget Fact Sheet (H.R. 2555/P.L. 108-90, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 (Oct. 1, 2003; 117 Stat. 1137; 21 pages) Continue Reading
Inconsistencies in Release of Social Security Data to Law Enforcement
Social Security Administration: Disclosure Policy for Law Enforcement Allows Information Sharing, but SSA Needs to Ensure More Consistent Application. GAO-03-919, September 30. Highlights. Continue Reading
FTC’s Efforts to Save Do Not Call Registry
On September 30, “the Federal Trade Commission filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit for an emergency stay pending appeal of last week’s order by the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, which enjoined enforcement of provisions of the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule that create the… Continue Reading
