The Government Can Sue Your Company For Negligent Cyber Security
The recent cases of FTC v. Wyndham and In Re TerraComm and YourTel America, we have seen that federal government agencies are pursuing companies who have negligent cybersecurity standards — and the...
View ArticleNine Ways that Companies Get Hacked
This one page article explains the 9 most common ways your clients and companies get hacked — in a single page Palm Beach Bar article. Don’t know a DDOS from a SQL attack? Brute force or a reverse...
View ArticleFlorida Fourth District Recedes From Two Prior Opinions re Miranda Rights
Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal receded from two opinions in 2004 relative to how Miranda rights are given. For lawyers and the general public alike, there’s always room for a little...
View ArticleIn Butoh Dance / Suicide Case, Court Rules that Emails & Skype into Florida...
Can Florida obtain personal jurisdiction over someone just because he/she sent emails or Skyped with another person in Florida? In the unusual case of Tibor Stern, as personal representative of the...
View ArticleCan A State Search Cellphone of Person on Probation Without Warrant or...
Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal considered the question whether, under the Fourth Amendment, the State of Florida could search the cellphone of a man on probation for child abuse convictions...
View ArticleU.S. v. Yujing Zhang — April 8, 2019 Filing of Passport, Articles, Receipt,...
The unusual case of U.S. v. Yujing Zhang continues in the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida. On the same day as a well-covered April 8 pre-trial detention hearing, the Defendant filed a...
View Article“Valid Grounds for Employment Action” Deemed Not Enough for Stalking...
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal held today that a respondent’s behavior may be enough for an “employment action” (presumably, for termination due to sexual harassment) but, in this case, was...
View ArticleWhen Can You Withdraw Consent for a DUI Blood Draw in Florida? (Florida v....
A Florida driver was involved in an accident, taken to the hospital, and interviewed by police who were conducting a DUI investigation. The officer spoke with the driver, advised her of her Miranda...
View ArticleTrump v. Vance: Initial Breakdown of the November 2, 2019 Second Circuit...
The Second Circuit issued its opinion this morning in Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus Vance, Jr. in his capacity as District Attorney of the County of New York and Mazars USA, LLP. You can find the 34-page...
View ArticleUse of iPhone to Find a Bank to Rob and Use of iPhone Police Scanner App...
A Florida jury found Shola McCarthy of robbing a bank and using a police scanner in violation of 843.167(1)(a), Fla. Stat., which prohibits interception of police radio “to assist in committing a...
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