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Later this spring, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case, Ontario v. Quon, with potentially broad implications for the nation's increasingly text-addicted workforce. At issue is whether an employee has a privacy interest in the contents of personal text messages sent using employer equipment.

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A defense counsel request to conduct a forensic examination of a magistrate judge's computer and cellphone was firmly rejected by the District of Columbia Superior Court last week. The Court also rejected defense counsel's petition to have the entire Superior Court recuse itself from hearing the stalking complaint of their colleague, Magistrate Judge Janet Albert.

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Four years ago, a 14-year-old woman known only by her initials, C.E., joking asked 18-year-old Jorge Canal to send her a cellphone photo of his penis. The practice of sending nude photos, now known as 'sexting,' was growing increasingly popular in their circle of friends.

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Last April, a murder in Boston's tony Back Bay made headlines across the country. From one perspective, there was sadly nothing remarkable about the crime: a woman advertising erotic services ("massage") was assaulted and murdered by a customer. But what caught everyone's attention was the fact that the alleged killer found his victim on Craigslist, an online classified advertising site that included a category called "Erotic Services."

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A Queens, NY teacher is being held on $100,000 bail after hundreds of cell phone text messages revealed a steamy relationship between her and a 14-year-old student in her social studies class.

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There is an interesting article this morning by long-time tech writer Declan McCullough in the CNN Police Blotter about the legality of warrantless searches of mobile devices. The question is taking on growing importance given the scope and quantity of information that such devices can hold.

So far, the courts have not settled on a single answer as to whether mobile devices can legally be searched during an arrest without a warrant. McCullough summarizes two recent cases that reached opposite results.

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