Peter A Crusco

October 27, 2011 | Legaltech News

Recently, there has been significant judicial interpretation of government access to cell phone data. Peter A. Crusco of the Queens County, N.Y., District Attorney's office, analyzes the legal implications.

By Peter A. Crusco

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October 23, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco, executive assistant district attorney, investigations division, Office of the Queens County District Attorney, writes that a juror accessing social media may be exposed to possible extraneous and prejudicial influences through the hearsay information on the network.

By Peter A. Crusco

14 minute read

February 26, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco, executive assistant district attorney, investigations division, Office of the Queens County District Attorney, writes: Jurisdictional and evidentiary issues involving cyber crime may initially appear unique, but when closely examined, they mirror those of their real world analogs.

By Peter A. Crusco

15 minute read

October 22, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco, executive assistant district attorney, investigations division, Office of the Queens County District Attorney, writes: The Major League Baseball steroid scandal revealed a simmering controversy concerning the manner and execution of searches of digital computer evidence, otherwise known as electronically stored information. Perhaps the debate is best summarized in the question, when can the government seize the haystack to look for the needle?

By Peter A. Crusco

15 minute read

April 23, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco of the Office of the Queens County District Attorney writes: Like technology itself, the law concerning pinging, the tracking of a cell phone through the electronic signature it emits, and the reasonable expectation of privacy has been rapidly evolving in both the federal and state courts.

By Peter A. Crusco

16 minute read

August 27, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco, executive assistant district attorney, investigations division, Office of the Queens County District Attorney, writes: What type of legal authorization is required so that a suspect's pertinent Internet surfing is admissible evidence in court is a question raised in litigation in criminal cases nationwide. The cases demonstrate that a suspect's surfing destination data is not content information, and therefore the legal challenges to the manner in which the evidence was obtained have been satisfied when the evidence was originally obtained through 2703 orders, or pen registers and trap and trace orders, and the application of the third party doctrine.

By Peter A. Crusco

16 minute read

October 26, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In his Computer Crime column, Peter A. Crusco of the Queens County District Attorney's Office discusses automobile event data recorders, what information they can provide in an accident investigation, how experts may test their accuracy, and what opponents of admission of EDR evidence contend.

By Peter A. Crusco

7 minute read

March 23, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Peter A. Crusco, executive assistant district attorney in the investigations division of the Office of the Queens County District Attorney, writes: On the federal level, the applicable standard for government authorization of real-time prospective tracking of cellular phones remains unresolved. The majority of published federal courts have required that applications be founded on probable cause, the Fourth Amendment's warrant standard, while some courts have authorized cell tracking on a lesser showing.

By Peter A. Crusco

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June 28, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Peter A. Crusco, executive assistant district attorney, investigations division, Office of the Queens County District Attorney, writes that some defense attorneys are creating websites to aid in the investigation of their client's case, which may subject prospective government witnesses to Internet scrutiny or retribution from a defendant's associates. Are these sites consistent with an attorney's duty to provide effective representation and obey ethical rules?

By Peter A. Crusco

12 minute read

February 23, 2011 | Legaltech News

Rogue websites roam cyberspace, many attacking U.S. commercial interests or preying on citizens in a variety of endeavors, including copyright infringement and illegal gambling. Peter A. Caruso, an executive assistant DA in New York, discusses the legal issues and responses, giving special emphasis to domain name seizures.

By Peter A. Crusco

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