Criminal Law

Onus on defense attorneys to block recording of calls with San Diego inmates
San Diego criminal defense attorneys weren't happy to hear that phone calls between defense attorneys and inmate clients were recorded and made easily accessible to prosecutors. The San Diego Sheriff's Department said it was an accident and quickly ceased recording...

Attorney-client calls recorded at San Diego jail
The San Diego Sheriff's Department stopped recording prisoner phone calls last week after it was discovered that conversations between defense attorneys and clients were also being recorded and made easily accessible to prosecutors...

Attorney-client calls from jail recorded
From the San Diego Union-Tribune: The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department unplugged a system this week that records all phone calls from jail inmates after outraged defense lawyers realized their conversations with clients also were being recorded...

I hate candidate (and fundraiser) phone calls
‘Tis the season of phone calls from candidates’ phone banks. Or, if you are really lucky, for dumb recordings of candidates’ sound bites. My wife, formerly a fundraiser, tells me that these phone calls are essential to campaigning, whether for political office or for an organizational fund raiser...

Olympus phone recording device makes it easy to record phone calls
The Olympus TP-7 Telephone Recording Device (clever name, eh?) is probably the easiest way to record phone calls (from an abusive debt collector, for example) that I have seen. You stick it in your ear, plug it into a recorder, hold your phone normally up against your ear with the earbud in it, and it [...

Telemarketing counterscript
Are you still getting annoying phone calls from telemarketers? Rather than slam the phone down (how rude!), consider asking them a bunch of inane questions. Print out the PDF counterscript and keep it nearby your home (or office) phone...

Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
How to recover billing errors

DC Madame Phone List
Telephone Records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey's Escort Service (Pamela Martin and Associates)

Bell Canada
alleging wrongful charging for long distance phone calls

New Study Links Cell Phone Radiation to Increased Health Risks
Cell Phone Radiation Is Your Phone Toxic?

Nursing Home Abuse
New Data Made Public

Automated Calls
Voice Mail Broadcasting Corp. pays $180,000 FTC settlement for telemarketing violations.

The Princeton Reivew
Personal Data Made Public on Tens of Thousands of Florida Students

AireSurf Networks Holdings Inc.
$23,147 debt settlement made by issuance of 115,735 common shares.