Surveillance Will Soon Be the Lesser of Your Worries

The debate continues regarding the U.S. Government's domestic surveillance programs — which U.S. privacy advocates argue are a violation of Fourth Amendment constitutional protections.

Meanwhile in Europe:

A Dutch draft law

Laws to force suspects to decrypt their data?

Council for the Judiciary

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A Great Response to a Cease and Desist Letter

In case you don’t know by now, many lawyers — maybe even you — enjoy writing cease and desist letters in a foreign language called legalese. This exotic tongue often contains Latin phrases, SAT vocabulary words, and various here-and-there words (e.g., herein, heretofore, hereinafter, hereunder, thereof, thereto, therewith, thereunder, therefor, thereon, and therefrom).

A person unfamiliar with legalese may become frightened and run to another attorney for help in deciphering this mystical language of lawyerly legend. The lawyer who has been tasked with translating legalese to English may then become annoyed, and issue a scathingly funny letter in return.

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