U.S. Fifth Circuit Rules Geofence Warrants Are Unconstituional
- August 15, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Geofence warrants have been held to be unconstitutional in a recent opinion delivered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sparking praise for its critique of digital dragnets and concerns about the broader implications whether any…
Google Backtracks on Discontinuing Third Party Cookies
- July 31, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On July 22, 2024, Google announced the reversal of its plan to eliminate cookies in its Chrome browser. The decision appears to follow objections to Google’s alternative technologies by digital advertising companies. Instead, Google intends to introduce a new feature…
Russian Propaganda Bot Farm Disrupted
- July 15, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Cyber intelligence officials in the United States, Netherlands and Canada have identified a sophisticated Russian bot farm that used artificial intelligence to facilitate almost a thousand covert accounts on the social media platform X. The U.S. Department of Justice said…
The Parameters of Search Incident to Arrest
- June 30, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently considered a case involving the search of a hotel room and the seizure of a cellular telephone as an incident to the arrest of a suspected narcotics distributor. The…
Alberta’s Top Court Orders New Trial in Cocaine Smuggling Case
- June 15, 2024
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
The Alberta Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for Kirandeep Toor who was convicted of drug smuggling by a Lethbridge jury and was serving a nine year sentence along with her twenty-two month old daughter who was born…