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2nd Circuit defers to executive will on application of sovereign immunity
The Second Circuit recently held that federal common law protections of sovereign immunity did not preclude prosecution of a state-owned foreign corporation.
United States v. Graham: US Federal Appeals Court for the 4th Circuit, No. 12-4659
A 31 May 2016 US federal appeals court decision holding that the police did not need to obtain a warrant to receive cell-site location data for two bank robbery suspects1 generated many privacy related headlines. Looking behind those headlines, however, demonstrates that the Court simply followed other federal appeals court rulings in their interpretation of US law. All of these appeals courts ruled that the US Government can obtain cell site location data as long as a court order is issued pursuant to the federal law known as the Stored Communications Act.
The facts
This case began in early 2011, with a series of six armed robberies of businesses located in and around Baltimore,Maryland. The jury found that each of the robberies involved Aaron Graham acting alone or in concert with others.
Read the full article: United States v Graham US Federal Appeals Court for the 4th Circuit No 12-4659
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Key takeaways from the G7 Competition Summit on Artificial Intelligence
Facing the fast-growing development of AI across the globe, particularly Generative AI (GenAI), the G7 competition authorities and policymakers (Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the UK and the US) and the European Commission met in Italy on 3-4 October 2024 to discuss the main competition challenges raised by these new technologies in digital markets.
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