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Challenging Stored Communications Act 2702 - Anonymized Motion
Supplemental Amici Brief of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Real Parties in Interest.
Amici Brief of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Real Parties in Interest (On Petition for Review).
NACDL joined a coalition letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 30, 2013, urging Congress to evaluate how surveillance authorities, for example national security letter authorities, overlap, expand or complement the specific authorities under sections 215 and 702.
101A AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECTION REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES RESOLUTION RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association adopts the black 1 letter ABA Criminal Justice 2 Standards on Law Enforcement Access to Third Party Records, dated February 2012. 291101A 2 ABA CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS ON 1 L
NACDL undersigned a letter to the U.S. government on July 18, 2013 urging greater transparency around national security-related requests by the US government to Internet, telephone, and web-based service providers for information about their users and subscribers.
Amicus curiae brief of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of appellant.
UNITED STATES’ OPPOSITION CR-12-0030 EMC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MELINDA HAAG (CABN 132612) United States Attorney J. DOUGLAS WILSON (DCBN 412811) Chief, Criminal Division S. WAQAR HASIB (CABN 234818) ALEXANDRA P. SUMMER (CABN 266485) Assistant United States Attorneys
A Surveillance Bill by Any Other Name: The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act By Jumana Musa, Sr. Privacy and National Security Counsel at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
2012 April 23, 2012 , NACDL Advocacy Letter Endorsing 6 Principles for Cybersecurity Legislation February 24, 2012, Â Coalition Letter to US Federal Aviation Administration on the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. Â
