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The government's quest for a password-protected bitcoin fortune from the Silk Road shutdown may lead to a Fifth Amendment battle over whether a constitutional right against self-incrimination can protect the website's founder from compulsion of data.
Instagram: Uncharted Territory for Courts and Journalists
As a Los Angeles Superior Court prepares to break new ground concerning defamation on Real or Fake, It's Protected by the First Amendment: Court Awards Fees in "Storage Wars" Case
911, What's Your Emergency? Public Access to 911 Calls in California and Maine
As California delays public access to prank celebrity 911 phone call records, a court in Maine has kicked things up a notch, pulling from one of over 500 exceptions to Maine's Freedom of
Access Act (“FOAA”) to block public access to a 911 record in connection with an
ongoing criminal trial.
As State Shield Laws Play Tug-of-War, the Dream of a Federal Shield Law Resurfaces
A recent challenge to a subpoena for a New York reporter's confidential source highlights the risks journalists face when different state shield laws clash. Although uniform state shield laws would reduce uncertainty for reporters on the state court level, a solution to varying federal court tests may appear in the form of a The Podcast Patent: Ripping Through, and Ripping Up, the Airwaves
A Texas company is causing a stir with a claim that it has a patent 
