Photo provided by courtesy of Pixabay.com By Jonathan Veres, Staff Writer Second-year law students studying criminal procedure spend hours readings landmark cases involving the Fourth Amendment. Mention Terry v. Ohio, or Katz v. United States, and you might catch an eye roll from a 2L. But, mention Commonwealth v. Hicks, […]
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Revives Lawsuit Filed by UPMC Employees Affected by a Data Breach
By: Stephen Hodzic, Staff Writer While many businesses are aware of the concept of cybersecurity, it is unclear how many businesses take active steps to protect not only their proprietary data, but also personal employee data. Several large profile cyberattacks have taken place in recent years. The United […]
Applauding Pennsylvania’s Payday Lending Regulatory Practices
By Jackie Robel, Staff Writer Driving down a street on the way to run some routine errands, the average person does not think twice about the tiny shop nestled between their favorite place to get fries and their go-to destination for a manicure. Yet, places like that small, innocuous […]
If It Looks Like a Telephone and Acts Like a Telephone, It’s [NOT] a Telephone
By Amy Kerlin, Staff Writer In Commonwealth v. Fant, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently held that the device used for communication between an inmate behind a glass wall and a visitor is not a telephone and is therefore not excluded from Pennsylvania’s Wiretap Act.[1] Pennsylvania’s Wiretap Act protects the privacy […]
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