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Jun 2018
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Carpenter v. United States

The Supreme Court ruled that the government needs a warrant to access a person’s cellphone location history. The court found in a 5 to 4 decision that obtaining such information is a search under the Fourth Amendment and that a warrant from a judge based on probable cause is required.
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Dec 2016
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Sarkar v. Doe - PubPeer Subpoena Challenge

The Ƶfiled a motion in Michigan state court challenging the constitutionality of a subpoena issued to the website PubPeer demanding that it turn over the identities of anonymous commenters. In March 2015, the trial judge ruled that PubPeer had to unmask one – but only one – of the commenters. Both PubPeer and the researcher appealed, and the ruling was upheld in December 2016.
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Liberian Community Association v. Malloy
Court Case
Jul 2017

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Liberian Community Association v. Malloy

During the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, state officials quarantined multiple people who had arrived in the United States from Liberia, without adequate scientific justification, thereby violating their constitutional rights.
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Jul 2017
Liberian Community Association v. Malloy

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Liberian Community Association v. Malloy

During the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak, state officials quarantined multiple people who had arrived in the United States from Liberia, without adequate scientific justification, thereby violating their constitutional rights.
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Court Case
Jun 2017

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Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program v. Drug Enforcement Administration

The Ƶand its Oregon affiliate are challenging the federal Drug Enforcement Administration's claim that it can access Oregonians' private prescription records without a warrant. The Ƶand the Ƶof Oregon represent a group of Oregon patients and a physician who are concerned about the impact on medical privacy and the doctor-patient relationship if federal law enforcement were permitted to access prescription records without demonstrating probable cause to a neutral judge. A district court judge ruled in February 2014 that patients have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their prescription records and that law enforcement must obtain a warrant in order to search such information. In June 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s ruling on procedural grounds but recognized that medical records are private and sensitive and require strong legal safeguards, leaving the door open to future challenges.
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Court Case
Jun 2017
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Oregon Prescription Drug Monitoring Program v. Drug Enforcement Administration

The Ƶand its Oregon affiliate are challenging the federal Drug Enforcement Administration's claim that it can access Oregonians' private prescription records without a warrant. The Ƶand the Ƶof Oregon represent a group of Oregon patients and a physician who are concerned about the impact on medical privacy and the doctor-patient relationship if federal law enforcement were permitted to access prescription records without demonstrating probable cause to a neutral judge. A district court judge ruled in February 2014 that patients have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their prescription records and that law enforcement must obtain a warrant in order to search such information. In June 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s ruling on procedural grounds but recognized that medical records are private and sensitive and require strong legal safeguards, leaving the door open to future challenges.
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Court Case
Apr 2017

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U.S. v. Prince Jones – Challenge to Police’s Warrantless Use of ‘Stingray’ Cell Phone Tracker

The highest local appeals court in Washington, D.C. — the district’s equivalent of a state supreme court — is considering a challenge to police use of a cell phone tracking device to locate a suspect without first obtaining a warrant.
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Apr 2017
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U.S. v. Prince Jones – Challenge to Police’s Warrantless Use of ‘Stingray’ Cell Phone Tracker

The highest local appeals court in Washington, D.C. — the district’s equivalent of a state supreme court — is considering a challenge to police use of a cell phone tracking device to locate a suspect without first obtaining a warrant.
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Drug Enforcement Administration v. Utah Department of Commerce
Court Case
Oct 2016

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Drug Enforcement Administration v. Utah Department of Commerce

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Court Case
Oct 2016
Drug Enforcement Administration v. Utah Department of Commerce

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Drug Enforcement Administration v. Utah Department of Commerce

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Court Case
May 2016

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Our Genes, Our Data: Patients’ Right to Access their Own Genetic Information

On May 19, 2016, the Ƶfiled a complaint pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) on behalf of four patients against Myriad Genetics, a genetic testing laboratory based in Utah. The complaint was filed by patients who have experienced cancer, including breast and bladder cancers, or who are members of families with substantial histories of cancer.
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Court Case
May 2016
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Our Genes, Our Data: Patients’ Right to Access their Own Genetic Information

On May 19, 2016, the Ƶfiled a complaint pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) on behalf of four patients against Myriad Genetics, a genetic testing laboratory based in Utah. The complaint was filed by patients who have experienced cancer, including breast and bladder cancers, or who are members of families with substantial histories of cancer.
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