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Victory! Court Rules OPM Data Disclosure to DOGE Is Unlawful
EFF reports that a federal court in New York ruled on summary judgment that the Office of Personnel Management violated two Privacy Act provisions when it disclosed millions of federal employee records to DOGE agents, one restricting inter-agency disclosure and one requiring records security. The court will decide the remedy later.
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Ofcom Concedes Defeat in the 4chan Case
Lawyer Preston Byrne, counsel for 4chan, argues that Ofcom's testimony to a Commons committee, accepting it may never recover fines blocked by foreign courts, amounts to conceding defeat in its Online Safety Act enforcement against 4chan. He cites the US court's dicta in 4chan v. Ofcom, predicts Ofcom will seek new blocking powers, and calls for the GRANITE Act.
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Should Police Wipe a Criminal's Cellphone Before Returning It?–U.S. v. Stathas
Eric Goldman analyses U.S. v. Stathas, where a court considered whether data on a convicted defendant's seized cellphone, used to commit the offense, should be wiped before the phone is returned, and what that means for forfeiture of digital data.
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How Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse
HOA Spy indexes Florida association filings to show how liens, foreclosure suits, and association standing overlap with the housing crisis: higher carrying costs, thinner supply when units sit under association enforcement, and displacement risk for owners who fall behind.
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Snap Wants to be a State Actor??–Kansas v. Snap
Eric Goldman analyzes Kansas v. Snap, where Snap argues it should be treated as a state actor—an unusual posture for a private internet service normally fighting that characterization.
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AI Is an Elite Crime SpreeDocuments show a Microsoft exec called AI the "largest theft of labor in human history." New AI regulations are besides the point — the problem is we don’t apply existing laws to the powerful.
Matt Stoller argues the AI boom is less a novel policy puzzle than elite lawbreaking: training on copyrighted work without permission, concentrating market power, and escaping antitrust and labor enforcement that already exist.
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Law professor Eric Goldman analyses a Delaware court's preliminary injunction ruling in X Corp. v. Project Bluebird, finding that X has likely abandoned the TWEET trademark and the bird logo through non-use and public repudiation, while its ongoing 'formerly known as Twitter' references in app store listings may be enough to preserve the TWITTER mark for now.
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