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Technological Changes Require Rewriting of ECPA and SCA
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§2501 et seq., the Stored Communications Act, 18 U.S.C. §§2501 et seq. and their state law counterparts in Pennsylvania at, respectively, 18 Pa.C.S. §5701 et seq. and 18 Pa.C.S. §5741 et seq., are the federal and state laws that, inter alia, set forth what protections email and cellphone users have for their emails stored by Internet service providers, and records of email and cellphone connectivity and usage stored by ISPs and cellphone carriers.Over-the-Counter Drugs Reimbursable From Employer Plans
Under a groundbreaking ruling, employees can be reimbursed tax-free from employers' health care flexible spending account or health care reimbursement arrangement for the cost of purchasing over-the-counter drugs. This means that nonprescription drugs can be purchased with pretax dollars, so long as the employee follows proper procedures for obtaining reimbursements from an employer.Judge Imposes Fine Of $500 Mil. in LCD Price-Fixing Case
A San Francisco federal judge ordered Taiwanese electronics manufacturer AU Optronics Corp. on Thursday to pay $500 million for its role in a long-running global conspiracy to fix prices for liquid crystal display screens.Three-Year Filing Limitation on Description of Injury Further Defined
Last year, the Commonwealth Court decided the matter of Fitzgibbons v. WCAB (City of Philadelphia), which held that an injured worker has three years from the last date of payment of compensation to file a petition to review the description of injury.Circuit Finds No Ground to Presume Vindictiveness in Sentence
Overturning a grant of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, the circuit said Steven Somerville was not entitled to the presumption simply because then-Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice John Leventhal gave him what appeared to be a longer sentence after the initial sentence was overturned.Trending Stories
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