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from the no-disassemble dept This is probably the correct conclusion to arrive at, at least at this point in extremely limited jurisprudence, but it still raises some questions courts will likely have to confront in the future. Is manhandling a … Read more

In a major decision on Friday, the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that geofence warrants are “categorically prohibited by the Fourth Amendment.” Closely following arguments EFF has made in a number of cases, the court found that geofence … Read more

Federal employees who face retaliation after blowing the whistle at their agencies are entitled not just to back pay, a federal court has ruled, but also financial compensation for the loss of potential future wages.  The new precedent, set by … Read more

Construction workers assemble bleacher scaffolding. Photo by Rob Aylward/US Navy/Wikimedia Commons. The chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, said his goal is “to get wages down.” In a press conference on May 4, Powell announced that the Fed … Read more

Gary Flook served in the Air Force for 37 years, as a firefighter at the now-closed Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois and the former Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, where he regularly trained with aqueous film forming foam, … Read more

With United States v. Smith (S.D.N.Y. May 11, 2023), a district court judge in New York made history by being the first court to rule that a warrant is required for a cell phone search at the border, “absent exigent … Read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cash-short banks have borrowed about $300 billion from the Federal Reserve in the past week, the central bank announced Thursday. Nearly half the money — $143 billion — went to holding companies for two major banks that … Read more

article FILE – sesame seeds are shown in a file image dated April 18, 2014. (Photo by Tim Greenway/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) WASHINGTON – A new federal law requiring that sesame be listed as an allergen on … Read more

New York CNN Business  —  The Federal Reserve’s war on inflation isn’t just painful for home buyers and people with credit card debt. Uncle Sam is getting squeezed by higher borrowing costs, too. The cost to finance America’s growing mountain … Read more