Oakland Circuit Judge Colleen O'Brien relied on the now-reversed Court of Appeals decision in the People v Koon case, which ruled that even drivers with medical marijuana cards violated the motor vehicle code when driving with THC in their bloodstream. [read post]

While the 2011 Act is of very wide application, it has particular significance for computer crime where it creates both duties to report certain types of crime and new police powers to require the handing over of passwords and decryption of files.Pearse Ryan and Claire O'Brien of Arthur Cox and Andy Harbison of Grant Thornton have produced a very good guide to the effect of the 2011 Act for the Society of Computers and Law (paywalled) and with their kind permission I'm glad to be able to… [read post]