Non-traditional communications devices such as smartphones and game consoles pose a particular problem to law enforcement agencies trying to milk them for forensic data that reveals criminal activity, attendees were told at the 2010 Computer Forensics Show in New York City. From: Greene, Tim. FBI: Finding Criminal Data on Cell…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw April 12 -16, 2010: U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, April 14, 2010 US v. Cintron-Echautegui, No. 08-1800 In a conviction of defendant for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, district court’s imposition…
The following is presented as a service of the ABA Criminal Justice Section http://www.abanet.org/crimjust The ABA Section of Criminal Justice is pleased to provide Professor Rory Little’s Perspective, a Case Brief in U.S. v. Stevens which includes the Holding, Facts, and Analysis in the case. ——————————————————————————– FIRST AMENDMENT Statute Criminalizing…
A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust United States v. Stevens (No. 08–769) United States Supreme Court Opinion Decided: April 20, 2010 Respondent Robert Stevens, a 68 year old author and documentary producer, owned and operated a business and associated website which sold videos of pitbull fights and…
In City of Ontario California et. al. v. Jeff Quon et. al. the U.S. Supreme Court is wrestling with the issue of whether public employees are entitled to a reasonable expectation of privacy in text messages transmitted on their workplace pages or similar devices without such messages being subject to…
Title: Principles of Cybercrime Author: Clough, Jonathan Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN or UPC: 0-521-89925-7 (Active Record) Format: Trade Cloth Date: May 2010 Price: $125.00 Market: United States Availability: Available for Order LC Class #: K5215 Dewey#: 345/.0268 ISBN 13: 978-0-521-89925-3 Synopsis: “We live in a digital age. The proliferation…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw April 5 – April 9, 2010:. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, April 01, 2010 Chamberlin v. Town of Stoughton, No. 08-1289 In plaintiff-officers’ 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a town,…
A select bibliography. In response to a recent request I compiled a short, selected list of treatises published between the years 1880 and 1990. It is being reproduced here for the benefit of those readerw who might also be interested. This list is selective and thereroe not intended to be…
On October 6, 2009 the Electronic Frontier Foundation submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for access to records concerning “use of social networking websites (including, but not limited to Facebook, MYSpace, Twitter, Flickr and other online social media) for investigative (crimiinal or otherwise) data gathering purposes…
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