Copyright LawEntertainment LawFeatured
March 25, 2026By Monica Lopez
In February 2023, Miley Cyrus (“Cyrus”) released “Flowers,” an anthem that spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Shortly after, in September 2024, Tempo Music Investments, LLC, filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that “Flowers” copied melodic, harmonic, and lyrical elements from Bruno […]
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Criminal ProcedureFeaturedFourth AmendmentPrivacy
March 20, 2026By Maxwell Gregg
The Supreme Court has agreed to determine the legality of a new type of warrant: the geofence warrant.[i] A geofence warrant allows law enforcement to identify which cellphones were in a particular area at the time of a particular crime.[ii] For example, police have issued geofence warrants to determine which phones were within a certain […]
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FeaturedPrivacytechnology
March 18, 2026By Amanda Alfonso
The Video Privacy Protection Act (“VPPA”) was enacted in 1988, in an era of Blockbusters and video home system tapes.[i] Just a few months prior to its enactment, Judge Robert Bork was under consideration for the United States Supreme Court.[ii] During his nomination hearings, a local D.C. video store disclosed a list of Judge Bork’s […]
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Constitutional LawCriminal LawFeatured
March 17, 2026By Jennifer Fanea
What happens when a police officer activates his body-worn camera while responding to a disturbance at a private residence and weeks later, without the homeowner’s knowledge or consent, the owner learns that the footage of his living room, arrest, and emotional reactions was reviewed by officers and used to shape testimony? This commonplace inquiry illustrates […]
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