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Share: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reported the resignation of Alex Oh as director of the Division of Enforcement after only five days on the job. What Happened: The SEC announcement of Oh’s departure only cited “personal reasons” for her abrupt exit. Oh worked for two decades at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison prior to joining the SEC. According to a Politico report, she was part of a reprimand issued on Monday by a federal judge for her conduct in defending ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) in a class-action lawsuit brought by Indonesian villagers who...

  FBI search vehicle 4th Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. New Legislation Prevents End-Run of Courts by Government Agencies Buying Americans’ Data; Reflects Supreme Court Rulings that Digital is Different; Reps. Nadler and Lofgren to Introduce House Companion Washington, D.C. – U.S...

Massachusetts’ state government has long been one of the least transparent in the country. Want to know how your representative voted in committee on a crucial climate change or police reform bill? Good luck with that. There’s no requirement the information be made public. Curious about who testified before the committee before it took its top-secret vote? You’re going to have trouble with that one too. And many of the documents that are readily accessible to the public in other states - e-mails, contracts, and memos at the heart of the people’s business - are off-limits here. Massach...

Wed, 04/21/2021 - 1:56pm -- tim New Legislation Prevents End-Run of Courts by Government Agencies Buying Americans’ Data; Reflects Supreme Court Rulings that Digital is Different; Reps. Nadler and Lofgren to Introduce House Companion Vermont Business Magazine US Senators Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, Ron Wyden, D-Ore, and Rand Paul, R-Ky, and 17 other senators, today introduced a bill to put a stop to shady data brokers buying and selling Americans’ Constitutional rights. The Fourth Amendment is Not for Sale Act closes the legal loophole that allows data brokers to sell Americans’ persona...

Featured Video Hide The bill, the “Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act,” would also stop law enforcement and intelligence agencies from buying data on Americans if the data was obtained from a user’s account in ways like scraping, which would bar the government from buying data from Clearview AI. Advertisement Hide The sweeping bill touches on a number of privacy and surveillance issues and was introduced in both the Senate and the House of Representatives today. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) are spearheading the Senate ver...