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GPS tracking case has left unsettled questions
Judges around the country are grappling with the ripple effects of a 2-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling on GPS tracking, reaching conflicting conclusions on the case's broader meaning and tackling unresolved questions that flare in a world where privacy and technology increasingly collide.
Appeals court finds warrantless GPS tracking OK
A state appeals court says Wisconsin police were within their rights to place GPS trackers on cars before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled they need warrants.
Assembly passes GPS tracking ban
The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill that would outlaw using GPS to secretly track someone.
Assembly to take up GPS bill
The Wisconsin Assembly is set to take up a bill that would outlaw using GPS to secretly track someone.
Committee OKs GPS tracking ban
A legislative committee has approved a Republican bill that would outlaw secretly placing GPS devices on people's vehicles.
BENCH BLOG: A change in course at the high court
The U.S. Supreme Court has changed course after nearly 50 years by deciding that the touchstone of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence is trespass to a property interest, not reasonable expectation of privacy.
Justice on Wheels travels to Sheboygan
The Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are taking their cases on the road again.
Public transit agencies deride ‘patent trolls’
Public transit agencies nationwide are being targeted with questionable lawsuits by so-called patent trolls squeezing settlements out of financially strapped public entities unable to mount legal defenses against claims they are infringing on intellectual property protections, industry representatives said Thursday.
Lawmakers want to test GPS restraining orders (UPDATE)
Lawmakers plan to use counties as testing grounds before implementing statewide Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to use GPS devices to track people who have been put under a restraining order.
Supreme Court treads carefully in patent ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court’s surgically narrow ruling prohibiting a farmer from using seeds harvested from patented herbicide-resistant soybeans has left lawyers with more questions than answers about the extent of patent owners’ rights in other emerging, self-replicating technologies.
Walker’s budget would fund attorney raises
Gov. Scott Walker's budget would lay out more than $7 million for raises for assistant prosecutors and public defenders.
Walker proposes expanding DNA collection (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker wants to spend $6 million on expanding DNA collection efforts to include anyone arrested on a felony charge and anyone convicted of a crime, a move the Republican has argued will help police solve more crimes.
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