By Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner According to a recent decision by the Third Circuit, police are required to get a warrant prior to attaching a GPS tracker to a suspect’s vehicle. The Third Circuit’s decision in United States v.…
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3rd Circuit Slams the Car Door on Warrantless GPS Tracking
Tagged with: 4th Amendment, Fourth Amendment, GPS Tracking Devices, Katzin, Probable Cause, Search Warrant, Warrantless Search & Seizure
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
The Government Gets Cell Phone Location Data Without A Search Warrant
By Hayes Hunt and Jeffrey Monhait According to the Fifth Circuit, the government does not need a warrant to access cellular providers’ records of caller location data. In re: Application of the United States of America for Historical Cell Site…
Is a Curious Police Dog on Your Porch a Search under the 4th Amendment? – SCOTUS Answers in Florida v. Jardines
By Hayes Hunt and Michael Zabel Let’s say one day you observe your local police officer walk a drug-sniffing police dog up to the front door of your neighbor’s house. The dog sniffs around outside, then gives a positive signal…
Tagged with: 4th Amendment, curtilage, Florida v. Jardines, SCOTUS, Search Warrant
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
4th Amendment Warrantless Search & Seizure Issues – Technology & Privacy
By Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner Almost all of us rely on technology to carry out our day-to-day activities. We carry one, if not two devices such as a smart phone or tablet with us at all times. Courts continue…
Tagged with: Criminal Law, Fourth Amendment, GPS Tracking Devices, privacy, Search Warrant, Technology and Law, Warrantless Search & Seizure
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Facebook “Friends”, 4th Amendment Privacy & Probable Cause
By: Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint A recent court decision has added support to the idea that there is no privacy on the internet. In United States v. Meregildo, defendant Melvin Colon moved to suppress evidence seized from his Facebook…
Tagged with: 4th Amendment, Facebook, Hayes Hunt, Probable Cause, Reasonable Expectation of Privacy, Search Warrant, Social Media Law
Posted in Social Media & Law
Posted in Social Media & Law
GPS Tracking Devices, Technology & Privacy: U.S. v. Jones
By Hayes Hunt and Calli Varner Ongoing advances in modern technology consistently change the way we think about our privacy rights. The proliferation of the use of GPS tracking devices used by law enforcement officers and private citizens is no exception. …
Tagged with: Client, Fourth Amendment, GPS Tracking Devices, privacy, Search Warrant, Supreme Court, Technology and Law, US v. Jones
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
When ‘The Law’ Is in the Lobby: Practical Steps to Manage A Raid by Gov’t Agents
Published in The Legal Intelligencer’s General Counsel Section January 11, 2012 By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint It is 7 a.m. You grab a cup of coffee and head out the door to catch the train to your job as in-house…
Tagged with: Corporate Counsel, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Law Enforcement, Search Warrant, Seizure
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Corporate Search Warrant Protocol: Email to Employees
After publishing “Search Warrant Protocol – What Every Company Should Do to Prepare”, I received a number of requests for a sample notice-of-warrant email from a company to its employees. Here you go: Our offices are being searched by law…
Tagged with: Company Protocols, Corporate Law, Email to Employees, Employee Interviews with Government, Rights of Company, Search Warrant
Posted in Corporate Compliance
Posted in Corporate Compliance
Search Warrant Protocol – What Every Company Should Do to Prepare
There are many ways by which the Government, federal or state, can appear at a company’s doorstep. The most disruptive and unnerving is when government agents show up in the company’s lobby to serve and execute a search warrant. Is…
