Stephen Treglia

May 31, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In his E-Communications column, Stephen Treglia, legal counsel at Absolute Software Corporation, writes that the past 12 months have seen an unprecedented shift in the law as it pertains to electronic communications. What makes this recent evolution particularly dramatic are the scope of the shift, the fact that the shift has affected multiple levels of e-communications and that each level of the evolution has headed in the same direction?toward increasing the restrictions that prevent law enforcement from gaining evidence from e-communications.

By Stephen Treglia

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June 03, 2011 | Legaltech News

The past 12 months have seen unprecedented shifts in the law as it pertains to e-communications. What makes this evolution particularly dramatic is the scope, the fact that the shift has affected multiple levels of e-communications, and that each level has headed in the same direction -- increasing restrictions that prevent law enforcement from gaining e-communications evidence.

By Stephen Treglia

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May 17, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Stephen Treglia, chief of the Nassau County District Attorney's Office's technology crime unit, writes that the name Bach usually evokes images of the 18th-century composer. But for prosecutors, Bach now signifies two bellwether rulings on Fourth Amendment issues.

By Stephen Treglia

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July 21, 2005 | Law.com

Despite the continued and substantial presence of terrorist threats, the sunsetable provisions of the Patriot Act may not be extended due to intense controversy. Stephen Treglia argues there are provisions unrelated to the controversial ones that are desperately needed to fix long-standing incongruities between the law and technology and warns that the legislature may be throwing out the proverbial baby with the bath water if it bows to public criticism and does not extend any of the sunsetable provisions.

By Stephen Treglia

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March 29, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Stephen Treglia, legal counsel at Absolute Software Corporation, writes: The granting of certiorari to hear City of Ontario v. Quon, as well as the arguments before the Court, received substantial media coverage. Under such circumstances, it was easy to anticipate that the Court's decision would likewise receive extensive coverage. If only the various rulings in the case were as easy to interpret as many in the media made it appear.

By Stephen Treglia

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