CISPA

By: Caitlyn Hall Although Congress is currently contemplating revising the twenty-seven year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act in response to privacy concerns, it is also considering other legislation that could pose…

FISA Ruling

By: Jenn Ebling   Article link: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/02/26/fisa_supreme_court_says_americans_don_t_have_standing_to_challenge_surveillance.html   The article references a Supreme Court opinion, which can be accessed here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/11-1025_ihdj.pdf On February 26, 2013, the Supreme Court ruled in…

Communications content and non-content/envelope information for emails

By: Show Wang Article link: http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/2013/02/articles/case-summaries/court-considers-the-persnickety-but-persistent-question-of-what-qualifies-as-content-under-the-stored-communications-act/ The article contains a link to a court opinion, which can be seen here: http://www.ediscoverylaw.com/uploads/file/Westlaw_Document_Optiver.doc   A recent case expands on the distinction between…