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Court Limits Bosses' Access to Staff Emails

Peter Fearon — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:10:00 CDT

A federal court has ruled that emails and text messages on work accounts—routinely monitored by some employers—are protected by constitutional safeguards against unreasonable search and seizure. The ruling only applies to electronic communications supplied through outside servers, not internal systems. The ruling forbids service providers from handing over...

Justice Makes Corporate Deals, Avoids Trials

Katherine Thompson — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:43:43 CDT

Instead of indicting major corporations for fraud and other forms of malfeasance, the Bush administration is relying more and more on deferred prosecutions, allowing companies to pay a fine and accept monitoring instead of going to trial. The name of the monitor and the details of the agreement are often...

Dems Slam Ashcroft for 'Backroom' $52M Contract

Nick McMaster — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:22:05 CDT

John Ashcroft angrily denied congressional Democrats' allegations today that a lucrative no-bid contract the Justice Department awarded him represents a conflict of interest, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Democrats characterized the contract as a “backroom sweetheart deal” because Ashcroft's ex-subordinates selected his firm to monitor a medical supply company under...