Location data gathered by the phones we call carry around every day is also not well protected by ECPA. While the Fourth Amendment law gives warrant protection against location information collected through a physical trespass, that limitation is weak since other tools can be used to avoid such legal hurdles.

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But the clause does not apply to individuals, who are protected by federal law from employer retribution if they decide to honor picket lines, the local said.

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Justice Samuel Alito wrote the dissent, on behalf of Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, arguing that by striking down the law the court was shielding lies and breaking from precedents that regarded false statements as not protected by free-speech rights.

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Protected by the country's patent law, which recognizes processes but not products, most Indian pharmaceutical companies have been content to remain copycats--and small ones, at that.

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Lohan would also need to prove that the ad implied her endorsement and was not simply a parody, which is protected by law.

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The court ruled that that Internet Service Providers were protected by US Federal law that said providers of chat rooms or news groups are not considered the publishers of information furnished by others.

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